Draft Sectoral Marine Plans for Offshore Renewable Energy in Scottish Waters: Socio - Economic Assesment
The study reported here provides a high level socio-economic appraisal of the potential costs and benefits to activities that may arise as a result of offshore wind, wave or tidal development within the Draft Plan Options as part of possible future Scotti
C14. Waste Disposal
C14.1 Scoping Results
The results of the scoping assessment are presented in Table C14.1 (Offshore Wind), Table C14.2 (Wave) and Table C14.3 (Tidal) and indicate whether more detailed assessment is required (Y/N).
Table C14.1 Offshore Wind
| North | North-East | South-West | West | North-West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN1 | OWN2 | OWNE1 | OWNE2 | OWSW1 | OWSW2 | OWW1 | OWW2 | OWW3 | OWNW1 | |
| Loss or reduced use of dredge material disposal sites-Draft Plan Option areas overlap | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Access to dredged material disposal grounds | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Table C14.2 Wave
| North | West | North-West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN1 | WN2 | WN3 | WW1 | WW2 | WW3 | WNW1 | WW4 | |
| Loss or reduced use of dredge material disposal sites-Draft Plan Option areas overlap | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Access to dredged material disposal grounds | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Table C14.3 Tidal
| North | South-West | West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN1 | TN2 | TN3 | TN4 | TN5 | TN6 | TN7 | TSW1 | TW1 | TW2 | |
| Loss or reduced use of dredge material disposal sites-Draft Plan Option areas overlap | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Access to dredged material disposal grounds | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
C14.2 Assessment Results - Estimation of Costs and Benefits
C14.2.1 Loss or Reduced Use of Disposal Sites
All wind, wave and tide Draft Plan Option areas have been scoped out as none of them presently overlap open disposal grounds.
C14.2.2 Restricted Access to Disposal Sites
All wind Draft Plan Option areas have been scoped out. None of the wind Draft Plan Option areas presently restrict direct steaming access to open disposal grounds, as the wind developments are located further offshore from the disposal grounds.
All the wave Draft Plan Option areas have also been scoped out of the assessment. Although these Draft Plan Option areas are located between the coast and open disposal grounds, the density of the development within each Draft Plan Option areas is less than 1% for all scenarios. Spatial planning can therefore be used to avoid significant impacts under all the development scenarios. In addition, all tidal Draft Plan Option areas have been scoped out as none restrict direct steaming access to open disposal grounds.
C14.2.3 Summary
None of the Draft Plan Option areas overlap open disposal grounds and so loss or reduced use of disposal sites is not anticipated. In addition, no Draft Plan Option areas were identified which presently restrict direct steaming access to open disposal grounds. Economic impacts to Waste Disposal from the Draft Plan Option areas are therefore expected to be negligible.
C14.3 References
Scottish Enterprise & Highlands & Islands Enterprise, 2010b. National Renewables Infrastructure Plan Stage 2. July 2010.
Scottish Government, 2009b. National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.
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