Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site

JURASSICCOAST Bath, March 8th 2017

Sam Rose

JurassicCoastWHS

•  Criterion8,geologyandgeomorphology•  Naturalprocesses•  Nobufferzone–(seAng)protectedbyAONBsandplanningpolicies

Script•  NaFonalInfrastructureProject–PlanningInspectoratedecide,LocalAuthoriFes

createLocalimpactassessments,•  ShouldhavemademoreinputatSEAofproposedround3CrownEstateoffshore

proposals•  WHSnotstatutoryconsultee,butcanregistertobeaninterestedparty•  OngoingdiscussionwithNBDL–theiraQendanceatSteeringgroups•  VisualisaFons(AONBandChallengeNavitus,independentstudy)•  Statementofcommonground•  ‘WriQenrepresentaFons’•  ResponsestoquesFonsfromPI•  MiFgaFonopFon•  Hearing•  Decision•  CapitulaFon

Actors•  HE-difficulttocommentinrespectofanaturalWHSduetolackofexperFse•  NE-hadnomandatetocommentonWorldHeritageIssues,althoughdid,

indirectly,throughlandscapeandAONBs•  JNCCchosenottocommentatall•  SteeringGroup(Planandminutesveryimportant)–inputwasrecognised•  JurassicCoastTrust–supporFngcomments•  DorsetAONB–veryimportant•  ChallengeNavitus–armslengthbutinfluenFal•  IUCN–crucialintervenFon•  UNESCO–‘whathesaid’•  SecretaryofState–‘inthenickofFme’

Impacts•  NoneontheSite•  SomeontheseAng-visual

•  TheSteeringGroupconsidersthattherewillbeasignificantadverseimpactinthemannerinwhichtheWorldHeritageSiteispresented;referringtotheWorldHeritageConvenFonArFcle4aboutthe“protec'on,conserva'on,presenta'onandtransmissiontofuturegenera'ons…”oftheSite,andourdefiniFonofpresentaFon(availableinpage10).

impacts•  Whenconsideringtheimpacton“transmissiontofuturegenera'ons”,

alsoArFcle4oftheConvenFon,weagreewithIUCNthat“theProjectwouldresultinthepropertybeingpresentedandtransmi<edtofuturegenera'onsinaformthatissignificantlydifferentfromwhatwasthereatthe'meofinscrip'onandun'ltoday.”,.

impacts•  TheSteeringGroupconsideredthattherewouldbeasignificantadverse

impactonthespecialqualiFesandlandscape/seascapecharacteroftheDorsetAONB,astheprotecFonfortheseAngoftheWorldHeritageSite;referringtoarrangementssetoutintheManagementPlanandagreedwithUNESCO,buthaveagreedwiththeApplicant1thatthespecificcommentsinrespectofthiscamefromtheDorsetAONBTeam.

•  ImpactonthirdpillarofOUV

impacts•  IntermsoftheimpactontheseAnginthecontextoftheculturaland

sensoryexperience,theSteeringGroupconsidersthattheproposeddevelopmentwouldsubstanFallymodifyviewsalongandfromtheWorldHeritageSite,andbecausethismodificaFonisthroughtheintroducFonofman-madestructures,somepeoplemayfindthechangedetrimentalandthereforeunacceptable.

impacts•  TheSteeringGroupagreeswithIUCN’sviewthat“Anypoten)alimpacts

fromtheProjectonthisnaturalpropertyareincontradic)ontotheoverarchingprincipleoftheWorldHeritageConven)onass)pulatedinitsAr)cle4,asthecomple'onoftheProjectwouldresultinthepropertybeingpresentedandtransmi=edtofuturegenera)onsinaformthatissignificantlydifferentfromwhatwasthereatthe)meofinscrip)onandun)ltoday.

•  Specifically,thepropertywillchangefrombeinglocatedinanaturalseAngthatislargelyfreefromman-madestructurestoonewhereitsseAngisdominatedbyman-madestructures”

impacts•  TheSteeringGroupisdisappointedthattheApplicantdidnotfollowthe

guidanceassetoutinOESEA2,whichrecommendsthat“thebulkofnewOWFgenera'oncapacityshouldbesitedawayfromthecoast,generallyoutside12nau'calmiles.”

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Issuesandoutcomes

•  Precedentorone-off?•  NEvsEHrolereNaturalWHS•  Costsofdoingthework•  RoleoftheSteeringGroupandfutureforecasFnginManagementPlan(upstreamthinking).

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