3. Following consultation with the H4 OOEG, the KCIMP must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval in consultation with the MMO and relevant SNCB for the offshore compensation measure, and with the relevant local planning authority and relevant SNCB for any onshore measure (if such measure is required). The KCIMP must be based on the strategy for kittiwake compensation set out in the kittiwake compensation plan and include—E+W+S
(a)Details of the location where the compensation measure will be delivered and the suitability of the site to deliver the measures (including why the location is appropriate ecologically and likely to support successful compensation);
(b)in relation to an offshore structure, details of any relevant seabed agreement(s);
(c)details of the design of the artificial nesting structure(s) to provide nesting for at least 750 pairs of kittiwake in total; including the projected number of nests that will be accommodated on the structure, and how risks from predation and other perturbations have been designed out or mitigated;
(d)an implementation timetable for delivery of the artificial nesting structure, such timetable to ensure that the structure is in place to allow for at least [F1two full kittiwake breeding seasons] prior to operation of any turbine forming part of the authorised development. For the purposes of this paragraph each breeding season is assumed to have commenced on 1 April in each year and ended on 30 September;
(e)details of the maintenance schedule for the artificial nesting structure;
(f)details for the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of the measures including—
(i)survey methods;
(ii)survey programmes;
(iii)success criteria; and
(iv)timescales for the monitoring reports to be delivered;
(g)recording of H4 OOEG consultations and project reviews;
(h)details of any adaptive management measures, with details of the factors used to trigger any alternative and/or adaptive management measures; and
(i)monitoring should include annual monitoring of the number of birds colonising the site including sufficient detail to identify barriers to breeding success (including nesting attempts and nest productivity) and target alternative or adaptive compensation measures. Evidence of natal dispersal and colony interchange with the UK NSN and FFC kittiwake colony should be included. Information of any other seabirds attempting to and/ or successfully nesting on the ANS should also be recorded.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 16 para. 3(d) substituted (18.7.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/800), arts. 1, 3(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 16 para. 3 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
