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Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy:
Environmental Report
8.2.18 Noise
All plans, projects and activities have the potential to create noise (potential effects are
highlighted in Section 7.6) however due to the distances between plans, projects and activities
and the general localised range of noise effects no substantial increase in the current noise
levels are anticipated and therefore no significant impacts foreseen.
8.2.19 Air Quality
All plans, projects and activities have the potential to affect air quality (potential effects are
highlighted in Section 7.7). However due to the distances between plans, projects and
activities and the general small localised effects anticipated no significant impacts are
anticipated. The wider and potentially most substantial effect is likely to be from air travel,
however as discussed in Section 7.5 for the Draft Plan area air travel is declining and overall air
quality is not anticipated to alter significantly from current background levels.
8.2.20 Landscape and Seascape
All plans, projects and activities have the potential to affect landscape and seascape (potential
effects are highlighted in Section 7.8) however due to the distances between plans, projects
and activities and the small localised effects anticipated, no significant impacts are anticipated.
8.2.21 Traffic and Transport
All plans, projects and activities have the potential to affect traffic and transport (potential
effects are highlighted in Section 7.9) such as through increases in vessels and vehicles.
However any increases are likely to be temporary and no substantial changes in the current
traffic and transport levels are anticipated.
8.3 Conclusion
The potential for cumulative effects alongside the other plans, projects and activities known to
occur in the wider region has been assessed. For most receptor groups, the wide
spatiotemporal separation of individual projects within the broad study area means that there is
limited potential for interaction between projects. However, for mobile features, such as fish,
birds and marine mammals, it is possible that they could be exposed to cumulative impacts as
a result of movements within their geographic ranges. Furthermore, there is some uncertainty
concerning some of the potential impacts to mobile features, for example, relating to
damage/mortality to individuals as a result of collision with rotating blades of tidal energy
devices. To manage such risks and to ensure that the Draft Plan can be implemented in a
manner that avoids significant cumulative effects, a process of iterative plan review should be
adopted. This process should collect and analyse monitoring data from initial deployments
under the Plan and seek similar information from other regulators to inform iterative review of
the Plan during its implementation. In this way, new information on the effects of the Plan can
be used to guide its future implementation and thus ensure that significant adverse effects can
be avoided.
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