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Map credit:   DECC Habitats Regulations Assessments of 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licencing Round

SD81 is part of PEDL269

Licence Operator   Hutton
Partner        Hutton Energy PLC and Coronation (Oil and Gas) Ltd

Other blocks in licence SD71
Licence type Shale
Commitments One well and new 2D and 3D seismic surveying
Drill Or Drop clause None

Administrative areas covered by licence
Rochdale
Lancashire
Bury

Parliamentary constituencies and MPs
Bury North     David Nuttall Conservative
Heywood and Middleton    Liz McInnes  Labour
Rochdale       Simon Danczuk       Labour
Rossendale and Darwen   Jake Berry     Conservative

European areas overlapping with licence block
  Rochdale Canal

European areas outside block which could be adversely affected
  South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA

Sensitivity concerns     Birds, Vibration effects from nearby drilling

Conditions
Stage B, C and D activities will be prohibited at or near to the surface within the boundaries of all European site(s) in this block.

Advice
This block has European sites within it, or within 1km of the block boundary. In general, land within approximately 1km of a European site is considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. .- In some instances, bird species that are associated with SPAs and some Ramsar sites may rely on non-designated habitats beyond the European site boundaries, and so could be vulnerable to activities occurring outside the designated site itself. Land within 10kmof an SPA, or a Ramsar site designated for its bird populations, is therefore considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites potentially vulnerable in or near this block are South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA.- Some of European site interest features (e.g. birds species; fish; marine mammals) are potentially sensitive to noise or vibration effects associated with Stage A activities (as well as Stage B, C and D activities). Land within approximately 1km of a European site supporting noise or vibration sensitive features is considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites with features potentially vulnerable to this in or near this block are South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA.

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