9. The probable impact on ecology and on the environment of constructing and operating the proposed works, including -

• the effects of those works on water quality and the marine environment;
• the effects on the ecology of the River Tyne, in particular in relation to migratory fish and other fisheries and the arrangements for monitoring those effects;
• noise and vibration;
• air quality effects;
• landscape, townscape and visual impacts;
• the arrangements for waste management, including the transport, storage and disposal of dredged and contaminated material;
• the effects of the proposals on flood risk; and
• any impact on the Northumbria Coast Special Protection Area.

10. The proposals for mitigating any adverse environmental effects including -

• any measures to avoid, reduce or remedy any major adverse environmental impacts of the proposed works;
• any measures to avoid, reduce or remedy any other adverse environmental impacts likely to arise from the works; and
• whether, and if so to what extent, any adverse environmental impacts would still remain after the proposed mitigation measures had been put in place.

11. The adequacy of the environmental statement submitted with the application for
this Order and whether statutory procedural requirements have been met.

12. The conditions proposed by the TWPTA to be applied to any deemed planning
permission that may be given for the proposed works, and in particular whether they meet the tests in DOE Circular 11/95 of being necessary, relevant, enforceable, precise and reasonable.

13. The justification for article 49 of the proposed TWA Order which seeks to exempt the new tunnel and associated works from rates.

 

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