Ports: Plymouth
(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the Habitats Regulations Assessment for the Environment Agency's proposed remedial works to the Sutton Harbour lock gates in Plymouth.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 10th February 2023
Having considered the advice from the Environment Agency’s National Environmental Assessment Service, we are satisfied no Habitats Regulations Assessment is required. This included consideration of the works location within the existing concrete structure and minimal risk of pollution.