These consultations are:
A targeted consultation with those with an interest in the land affected by changes to our onshore proposals in Essex, that have been made since consultation earlier this year
A consultation on proposals to improve the habitat for lesser black-backed gulls at a site in East Suffolk, to compensate for a potential impact on the species from our proposed offshore wind turbines.
Earlier this year, between 14 March and 12 May 2023, Five Estuaries consulted on its proposals and preliminary environmental information. Following that consultation, a number of changes have been made to the proposals to respond to the feedback received and to align the Project with the proposal being put forward by the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm project.This consultation is specifically being carried out with those with a land interest potentially affected by changes to our proposals. You will have received a letter from the Project if this consultation applies to you. We are only inviting feedback to the consultation from those we have written to, however you are welcome to contact at us at any time with questions or thoughts about the Project.
Consultation documents:
If you have received a letter from us and would like to discuss in detail how these changes, or the Project more generally, relates to your land interest please contact us using the details below. Contact the Five Estuaries land team by email at fiveestuaries@dalcourmaclaren.com or by calling 03331883514.
The deadline for submitting responses to the consultation is 11:59pm on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
Please note that you may have received a letter from us with a different deadline for responding. If you have any questions about responding to the consultation, please let us know.
You can respond to the consultation through the following channels:
Since our statutory consultation in spring 2023, the need to provide habitat improvements for lesser black-backed gulls has been identified, in line with the requirements of the Habitats Regulations. To include them within the application, Five Estuaries is required to consult on its habitat improvement proposals in the Alde-Ore Estuary Special Protection Area in Suffolk.
Habitat improvement would include measures such as fencing, managing vegetation, and assessing and controlling predators, to make the area more attractive to breeding pairs and reduce the amount of predation. The works required are minimal, and would only take a few weeks to complete.
All of the onshore infrastructure required to connect the Project to the national electricity transmission network will be located in the Tendring peninsula in Essex. This consultation only relates to proposed habitat improvement measures around Orford Ness in Suffolk; anyone is welcome to respond to this consultation.
You can find out more about the proposals by reading the Consultation Document below. Further background information can also be found below.
The deadline for submitting responses to the consultation is 11:59pm on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
You can respond to the consultation through the following channels:
You can access any of the consultation documents listed above through our document library.
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm is the proposed extension to the operational Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.
Five Estuaries and North Falls are both in the development stage and we are working closely with the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm project. The primary goal of this coordination is to reduce the potential impact of building the onshore connection to the national electricity transmission network for the two projects.
You can find out more about the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm at www.northfallsoffshore.com
Contact us directly if you have any questions.
