Site Location and Study Area Figure 6.1 Troston Loch Wind Farm EIA

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SOUTH SCOTTISH LANARKSHIRE BORDERS

! Proposed Turbine Layout 620000 620000 EAST AYRSHIRE Troston Loch Site Boundary

10km Radii

40km Study Area

Local Authority Boundary 610000 610000

SOUTH AYRSHIRE 600000 600000

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DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY 580000 580000 570000 570000

1:325,000 Scale @ A3

0 7.5 15 km ¯ 560000 560000 Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-001

Checked By: SC Date: 22/01/2019

Site Location and Study Area Figure 6.1 550000 550000

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SOUTH SCOTTISH LANARKSHIRE BORDERS

! Proposed Turbine Layout 620000 620000 EAST AYRSHIRE Troston Loch Site Boundary

10km Radii

40km Study Area

Local Authority Boundary 610000 610000 OS Terrain 50 DTM SOUTH Value AYRSHIRE High : 842.7

Low : -3.1 600000 600000

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DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY 580000 580000 570000 570000

1:325,000 Scale @ A3

0 7.5 15 km ¯ 560000 560000 Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-002

Checked By: SC Date: 22/01/2019

Landform Figure 6.2 550000 550000

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630000 18a 7 630000 8 7c 10 8B 7 7 8A 6 9 7A 7A 7c 7 10 7 8 13A 13 10 9 18a 14 ! 13 Proposed Turbine Layout 620000 7c 620000 13 13B Troston Loch Site Boundary 7d 19 (iv) 14 13A 15km Radius 13C 9 9 15 10 14 14 40km Study Area 17a 19 (ii) 13 13B 17d 10 (iv) 13A Local Authority Boundary

610000 20a 9 (ii) 610000 20a 13A South Ayrshire Landscape 17b 10 10 (ii) 13 Character 14 13 12 20c 17b 19 (iii) East Ayrshire Landscape Character 13 19a (i) Dumfries & Galloway Landscape Character

600000 17c 600000 19a (ii) 10 (v) 18 19 (ii) (vi) South Lanarkshire Landscape 19 (i) 18 (i) 21 18 (vii) Character 13 10 (vi) See Figure 6.3b for landscape character 18a (i) information 21 4 (iii)

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17a 16 6 (ii) 16 (vi) (iii)

21a (i) 8 18a (ii) 2 (i) 4 (i) 13 (iii) 16

570000 16 (v) 570000 (viii) 12 2 (i) 4 (vi) 12 20 (ii) 18a (iii) 4 (v)

18a (iv) 12 16 (ii) 20 (iii) 18 1:325,000 Scale @ A3 (iv) 13 (ii) 13 (i) 0 7.5 15 km ¯ 4 (iv) 560000 2 (ii) 4 560000 (ii) Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-003 2 (i) 18 (ii) Checked By: SC Date: 05/02/2019 20 (i) 1a (ii) Landscape Character 1a (i) 1 (40km Radius) Figure 6.3a 550000 550000

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D&G Landscape Wind Capacity Study, 2011 East Ayrshire Landscape Wind Capacity Study, 2013 1. Peninsula 7c. East Ayrshire Lowlands 1a. Peninsula with Gorsey Knolls 9. Lowland River Valley (i) Borgue 10. Upland River Valley (ii) Rockcliffe 2. Coastal Flats 14. Upland Glen (i) Nith Solway Fringe & Inner Solway 15. Upland Basin (ii) Wigtown & Cree/Fleet Fringe 4. Narrow Wooded River Valleys 17a. Foothills with Forest & Opencast Mining (i) Cree (iv) Moneypool 17b. Foothills with Forest west of Doon Valley (ii) Fleet (v) Palnure (iii) Ken (vi) Urr Water 18a. East Ayrshire Plateau Moorlands 5. Intimate Pastoral Valley 20a. East Ayrshire Southern Uplands 6. Lower Dale (Valley) 20c. Southern Uplands & Forestry (i) Lower Annandale 21. Rugged Uplands - Lochs & Forest (ii) Lower Nithsdale 7. Middle Dale (Valley) South Lanarkshire Landscape Character (i) Mid Annandale (ii) Mid Nithsdale South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy, 2015 8. Flooded Valley 6. Plateau Moorland 9. Upper Dale (Valley) 7. Rolling Moorland (i) Upper Glenkens 7a. Lowland Moorland Forestry (ii) Upper Nithsdale 8. Upland River Valley 10. Upland Glens 8a. Upland River Valley Incised (i) Castlefairn & Dalwhat (iv) Mennock (ii) Dalveen (v) Scar 8b. Upland River Valley Opencast Mining (iii) Evan (vi) Shinnel 9. Broad Valley Upland 12. Drumlin Pasture in Moss and Moor Lowland 10. Foothills 13. Drumlin Pastures 13. Southern Uplands (i) Deeside (ii) Machars 13a. Southern Upland Forestry (iii) Milton 13b. Southern Uplands Windfarm 16. Upland Fringe 13c. Southern Uplands Leadhills (i) Cairn Fringe (v) Glentrool Fringe (ii) Cairnharrow Fringe (vi) Terregles 14. Upland Glen (iii) Corsock Fringe (vii) Torthorwald Fringe & Ae Fringe (iv) Dunscore (viii) Wardlaw Ridge South Ayrshire Landscape Character 17a. Plateau Moorland with Forest South Ayrshire Landscape Wind Capacity Study, 2013 18. Foothills 7d. South Ayrshire Lowlands (i) Beattock (v) Keir (ii) Cairnharrow (vi) Nithsdale 9. Lowland River Valley (iii) Dalmacallan (vii) Tynron (iv) Fleet 12. Middle Dale 18a. Foothills with Forest 13. Intimate Pastoral Valley (i) Ae (iv) Lauriston 17b. Foothills with Forest west of Doon Valey (ii) Cairnsmore (v) Rhinns of Kells (iii) Cullendoch (vi) Stroan 17c. Foothills with Forest & Wind Farm 19. Southern Uplands 17d. Maybole Foothills (i) Carsphairn (ii) Lowthers 18c. Plateau Moorlands with Forestry & Wind Farms (iii) Nithsdale 21. Rugged Uplands with Loch & Forest (iv) North West Lowthers 19a. Southern Uplands with Forest Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-004 (i) Carsphairn (ii) Ken Checked By: SC Date: 22/01/2019 20. Coastal Granite Uplands (i) Bengairn Coastal Granite (ii) Cairnsmore Coastal Granite Landscape Character (iii) Dalbeattie Coastal Granite (40km Radius) 21. Rugged Granite Upland 21a. Rugged Granite Upland with Forest Figure 6.3b (i) Merrick (i) Cairn Edward (ii) Rhinns of Kells (ii) Merrick Troston Loch Wind Farm EIA Report

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DOUGLAS VALLEY 630000 630000

DUMFRIES HOUSE ! Proposed Turbine Layout 620000 620000 Troston Loch Site Boundary

SKELDON HOUSE SCOT'S MINING COMPANY HOUSE 10km Radii 15km Radius LEADHILLS AND THE LOWTHER HILLS 40km Study Area 610000 610000 BLAIRQUHAN Local Authority Boundary CRAIGENGILLAN Merrick Wild Land Area KILKERRAN DRUMLANRIG CASTLE National Scenic Area

Garden & Designed Landscape

600000 THORNHILL 600000 1 UPLANDS Special Landscape Area

2 RAEHILLS Scenic Area Sensitive Landscape Area 3

MAXWELTON 4 (GLENCAIRN CASTLE) Regional Scenic Area

590000 590000 Non-inventory Garden 4

Dark Sky Park - Core 4 DALSWINTON Dark Sky Park - Buffer 4 COWHILL TOWER Galloway Forest Park GALLOWAY HILLS TERREGLES 580000 RIDGE 580000 TORTHORWALD RIDGE 570000 570000 Data Source: 1 South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, 2015 2 South Ayrshire Local Development Plan, 2014 3 East Ayrshire Local Development Plan, 2017 NITH ESTUARY 4 Dumfries and Galloway Local Development Plan, 2014

THREAVE 1:325,000 Scale @ A3 GARDENS 0 7.5 15 km ¯ SOLWAY COAST 560000 FLEET 560000 VALLEY Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-005

CALLY Checked By: SC Date: 05/02/2019

EAST Landscape Designations BROUGHTON STEWARTRY HOUSE COAST (40km Radius) Figure 6.4 550000 550000

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14 20c 20a 19(ii) 19(iii) 10 DRUMLANRIG CASTLE

9(ii) 10(v) ! Proposed Turbine Layout

19a(i) Troston Loch Site Boundary 21 600000 600000 15km Radius 16(vii) Local Authority Boundary 19 18(vi) H! East Ayrshire Landscape 11 19(i) THORNHILL Character H! UPLANDS Dumfries & Galloway Landscape Character 19a(ii) See Figure 6.3b for landscape character 16 18(v) H! information 18(vii) Garden & Designed Landscape 18 21a(ii) 10(vi) 7(ii) H! 7 Sensitive Landscape Area 1 H! 21(ii) 3 Dark Sky Park - Core 2 1 12 4(iii) H! 8 10(i) 13 H! ! H! Dark Sky Park - Buffer 2 ! ! H 17 H! ! 9 ! 2 4 ! ! H! MAXWELTON Regional Scenic Area

590000 2 590000 H! ! ! H! ! (GLENCAIRN CASTLE) H! ! 2 9(i) ! Non-inventory Garden ! ! ! Galloway Forest Park 20 22 H! H! H! Viewpoint Location 1 - B729, Fingland junction 13 - A713, near Polquhanity 6 10 5 18(iii) 16(iv) 2 - Minor Road, 14 - SUW, Waterside Hill H! H! H! Auchenshinnoch 15 - A762, north of New 18a(v) 5 3 - B729, Guttery Glen Galloway 4 - SUW, Culmark Hill 16 - Auchengibbert Hill 5 - Lochinvar shore 17 - A702 Layby, Cairn Water 6 - SUW, near Barlaes 18 - Carsphairn, A713 Bridge 18a(vi) 7 - Stroanfreggan Fort 19 - Cairnsmore of Carsphairn 16(i) 8 - Craigdarroch 20 - Corserine, Polmaddy Cairn GALLOWAY 9 - Dunbeg, Dundeugh Forest 21 - Turners Monument HILLS 14 10 - Minor road near Loch Urr 22 - A702, near Castlefairn H! 11 - SUW, Benbrack 23 - Clatteringshaws Loch 21a(ii) 12 - Moniaive, Dunreggan Brae

Data Source: 580000 580000 1 East Ayrshire Local Development Plan, 2017 15 TERREGLES 2 H! RIDGE Dumfries and Galloway Local Development Plan, 2014 1:130,000 Scale @ A3 21(i) 13(i) 0 3 6 km ¯ 16(iii) 21 Produced By: TH Ref: 2014-REP-LV-006 8 H! Checked By: SC Date: 22/01/2019 23 4(vi) 18a(ii) H! Landscape Character, Designations and Viewpoints (15km Radius) 21a(i) 13(i) Figure 6.5 13(iii) Troston Loch Wind Farm 20(ii) EIA Report 250000 260000 270000 280000 Reproduced fromOrdnance Survey digitalmap data © Crowncopyright 2019. All rights reserved.License number 100048606. Additional data sourced fromSNH & HES licensedunder the Open Government Licence v3.0 P:\2015\150869_Troston\GIS\ArcGIS\ArcMap\LVIA\Rev01\150869_TROS_LVIA_Rv1_Fig6-05_LCA&Desig&VP_15km.mxd