Assessments are based on the description of the Project as set out in Chapter 3: Project and Site Description; and
Any future development of the Project Site will be determined through separate planning or application or application for development consent and has not been assessed as part of the assessment presented in this PEIR.
4.7.2 Each topic chapter sets out any specific additional limitations and assumptions relevant to that topic.
4.8.1 Schedule 4, Part 1 (paragraph 20) of the EIA Regulations requires an ES to include '...a description of the likely significant effects of the development on the environment, which should cover....cumulative effects'.
4.8.2 Cumulative and in-combination effects on specific resources or receptors are described, where relevant, in each of the specialist chapters of this PEIR.
4.8.3 Cumulative effects may occur where, for example, landscape and visual resources, land use or ecological receptors are affected by other developments in addition to the Project i.e. two effects which are not significant could combine to result in a potential cumulative effect which is significant.
4.8.4 In consultation with CCS, it has been confirmed that there are 34 projects with the potential to cause cumulative effects. Discussions with CCS have been undertaken to determine the potential for any inter-project cumulative effects. Cumulative and in-combination effects have been defined and considered within this preliminary EIA and are assessed in Chapter 17: Cumulative Effects.
4.8.5 Developments which may need to be considered within the cumulative assessment (in accordance with paragraph 86 of DCLG guidance and PINS Advice Note 17 (AN17) (Version 1, December 2015) include those that are:
In the process of being built;
Permitted application(s) but not yet implemented;
Submitted application(s) not yet determined;
Projects on the National Infrastructure's programme of projects;
Projects identified in the relevant development plan (and emerging development plants – with appropriate weight being given as they move closer to adoption) recognising that information on the relevant proposals will be limited; and
Projects identified in other plans and programmes (as appropriate) which set the framework for future DCOs/approvals, where such development is reasonably likely to come forward.
4.8.6 Using this approach, the developments listed in Table 4-6 have been identified (see Figure 4.1), with a cut-off date of 14th November 2017, and have been agreed with CCS.