The Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023

European protected species onshore

14.—(1) No stage of the onshore works other than surveying and investigation necessary to comply with this requirement may be undertaken until, for that stage, pre-construction survey work has been carried out to establish whether a European protected species or nationally protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is present on any of the land affected, or likely to be affected, by any part of that stage of the onshore works.

(2) Where a European protected species or nationally protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is shown to be present, the stage of the onshore works likely to affect the species must not commence until, after consultation with Natural Resources Wales, a scheme of protection and mitigation measures for that stage has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(3) Each stage of the onshore works which requires a scheme of protection and mitigation measures in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this requirement must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

(4) In this paragraph, “European protected species” has the same meaning as in regulations 42 (European protected species of animals) and 46 (European protected species of plants) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

(5) In this paragraph, “nationally protected species” means any species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.