The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

3.  The KIMP must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval (in consultation with the MMO, the local planning authority or authorities for the land containing the artificial nest sites, and Natural England). The KIMP must be based on the strategy for kittiwake compensation set out in the kittiwake compensation plan and include: E+W

(a) details of locations where compensation measures will be deployed and details of landowner agreements demonstrating how the land will be bought or leased and assurances that the land management will deliver the ecology objectives of the KIMP;

(b) details of designs of artificial nest sites including the number of nesting structures; and how risks from avian or mammalian predation and unauthorised human access will be mitigated;

[F1 (c) an implementation timetable for delivery of four artificial nest structures that ensures all necessary compensation measures are in place to allow three full kittiwake breeding seasons in respect of two artificial nest structures prior to the operation of any turbine forming part of the authorised development, and to allow two full kittiwake breeding seasons for the other two artificial nest structures prior to the operation of any turbine forming part of the authorised development, with the KIMP to specify whether three or two breeding seasons applies to each artificial nest structure;]

(d) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring of the measures including: survey methods; survey programmes; success criteria; recording of OOEG consultations and project reviews; details of the factors used to trigger alternative compensation measures and/ or adaptive management measures; and annual reporting to the Secretary of State;

(e) details of any adaptive management measures, to include the provision of additional nesting sites if capacity in one location is exceeded;

(f) provision for annual reporting to the Secretary of State, to include details of the use of each site by breeding kittiwake to identify barriers to success and target the adaptive management measures. This would include the number of birds colonising the site; evidence of birds prospecting; nesting attempts; egg laying; hatching; and fledging.

(g) details of how natal dispersal and colony interchange with the FFC kittiwake colony will be considered and proposals for assessing any evidence of additional productivity to the FFC;

(h) details of the artificial nesting site maintenance schedule; and

(i) details of the work within the exploration of prey availability measures as set out in Appendix 1 of the response from the undertaker to the Secretary of State's minded to approve letter dated 1 July 2020, that could support practical management measures to increase prey availability, and which should be undertaken alongside the artificial nest site installation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 14 para. 3(c) substituted (18.4.2023) by The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/459), arts. 1, 3(a)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 14 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1