6fff5387-0dd4-4c85-a80c-5d9127c44daa eng series Mainstream Renewable Power Limited Data Manager 140 London Wall London EC2Y 5DN United Kingdom info@neartnagaoithe.com www.mainstreamrp.com pointOfContact 2014-06-23 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 EPSG:27700 2011, LUC, Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm, Onshore Great Crested Newt Survey 2011 creation 2012 revision UK02-WLFA-070 Mainstream Data Asset Tracking System (DATS) documentDigital mapDigital modelDigital tableDigital Mainstream Renewable Power Limited is currently developing the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm, located 15.5 km off Fife Ness on the east coast of Scotland. An Environmental Statement had to be prepared in support of the application for planning permission to construct and operate grid connection infrastructure associated with the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm located within East Lothian. Land Use Consultants Limited (LUC) with associated sub-consultant Technical and Safety Services (T&SS) were commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, on behalf of Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited, to undertake a Great Crested Newt (GCN) Survey as part of the Environmental Statement. completed Joanna Wright Land Use Consultants Principal in Charge 37 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JJ United Kingdom glasgow@landuse.co.uk www.landuse.co.uk processor Mainstream Renewable Power Limited Project Manager 140 London Wall London EC2Y 5 DN United Kingdom info@neartnagaoithe.com www.mainstreamrp.com pointOfContact Technical and Safety Services 4 Grierson Road Edinburgh EH5 2BQ United Kingdom pl.tss@btinternet.com originator Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square, Edinburgh Edinburgh EH3 9GL United Kingdom enquiries@crownestatescotland.com http://www.crownestatescotland.com custodian Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh EH3 9GL United Kingdom enquiries@crownestatescotland.com http://www.crownestatescotland.com distributor notPlanned Various Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Great Crested Newt Amphibians Protected species Onshire aquatic ecology Onshore area of search Habitat characterisation Terrestrial water content Restricted restricted restricted Restricted eng biota -2.496267 -2.406006 55.943246 55.967836 2011-04-16 2011-05-24 Data restricted Various Various https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-251/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series The Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) approach (Oldham et al., 2000) can be used to guide survey effort and subsequent mitigation or enhancement for GCN aquatic habitats. The HSI incorporates ten parameters of habitat quality, including location within the UK in respect of known GCN distribution, water area, permanence, quality and shading, and presence of predators. The HSI score was calculated for each waterbody identified during the desk study. ARG (2010) have produced a categorisation of potential GCN aquatic habitat based on HSI scores: poor (< 0.5); below average (0.5 to 0.59); average (0.6 to 0.69); good (0.7 to 0.79); and excellent (> 0.8). This system was used to qualitatively describe each pond listed.