Studies to support the development of new generation capacities and related transmission Task 4 - Site selection Volume 1 –Main report
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ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL IMPACTS
6.1
Properties, resettlement and compensation
6.1.1
Methodology and data basis
November, 2007 Page 56 (104)
The number of households to be resettled has been assessed based on orthophoto studies. The orthophotos utilised are from the year 2004, and some construction may have occurred after that. A buffer zone of about 200 meters has to bee established around the TPP itself for this purpose as auxiliary functions and structures such as office buildings, parking lots, roads etc. will require space. Additionally noise limit guidelines or limit values usually limit settlements closer than 200 meters from power plants. For the purpose of the assessment it has been assumed the lignite yard will be located at the TPP. Information on the parcels at and in the surroundings of the sites (in an area of a few km2) has been obtained from the Cadastral Agency. This material included information on the number and area of the parcels, the ownership of the parcels (private citizens, KEK, other companies etc.), and on the land use of the parcels. This information has been analysed and the main results on the proportion of different ownership and land use presented to provide a background for the estimation of land acquisition and compensation requirements at the sites. 6.1.2
Results and recommendations At Kosovo B the only households on the site are the Roma people settlements at the temporary community shelter at the northernmost corner of the site (Figure 6-1). New apartment buildings have been and are being built for the Roma just to the north of the site, and the Roma living in the barracks will apparently be relocated there in the near future. Thus no resettlement has to be done for the project. The area is mainly wasteland, ash dump, and some grassy open areas towards the old Sitnica oxbow remnant. The easternmost part of the area is utilised by KEK for storage and office buildings. Of the land at the site with its nearest surroundings about 35 % is owned by private citizens, less than 1 % by the municipality, 53 % by KEK and 11 % by other companies etc. There are about 240 private citizens owning land, mostly around the site itself. According to the cadastral parcel information about 90 % of the area is agricultural land of different kinds. The rest consists of streets, wasteland, railway and buildings. This information appears to be very outdated, as a significant portion of the area is occupied by the ash dump. Compensation will be required mainly for building of the required infrastructure, especially agricultural land where the transmission line towers will be erected needs to be compensated for.
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