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Environmental Impact Assessment
Landscape & Visual
Wind turbines need to be tall to capture the most wind and generate maximum electricity. In a well designed wind farm, generally the only impact is of a visual nature.
Most people think they are graceful, elegant and a positive sign of how we are acting to reduce harmful carbon emissions. Others think that they are "blots on the landscape". This is the most subjective issue surrounding wind farms. To assess the level of visibility, impact and unacceptability/acceptability a Landscape and Visual Assessment is undertaken. This is a detailed process and part of this process involves the creation of a Zone of Visual Influence, showing where the tips (the highest point of the turbines) would be visible from, if vegetation and man made structures did not obscure any view.
Photomontages are made as part of the Planning Application to show what the wind farm will look like once it is completed. View the Photomontages here.
We invite all members of the local community to visit a wind farm to see and hear an operational wind farm for themselves, and can assist with any arrangements.
Click here to view the Environmental Statement Documents
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