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Cloich Forest Wind Farm Chapter 5 EIA Report LVIA CLOICH FOREST WIND FARM EIA Report – Volume 1 – EIA Report Text Chapter 5 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Cloich Forest Wind Farm Chapter 5 EIA Report LVIA 5 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 5.1 INTRODUCTION 1. This Chapter of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (‘the EIA Report’) evaluates the effects of the Cloich Forest Wind Farm (‘the Development’) on the landscape and visual resource. This assessment was undertaken by Chartered Landscape Architects (CMLI) from LUC (Land Use Consultants) on behalf of Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP (‘the Applicant’). 2. This Chapter of the EIA Report is supported by the following Technical Appendix documents provided in Volume 3 Technical Appendices: A5.1: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Methodology; A5.2: Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) Mapping and Visualisation Methodology; and A5.3: Residential Visual Amenity Assessment (RVAA). 3. Accompanying figures are included as Figures 5.1.1 – 5.1.11 contained in Volume 2b – LVIA Figures. Accompanying visualisations are illustrated as Figures 5.2.1 – 5.2.26 contained in Volume 2c: LVIA Visualisations and have been prepared in accordance with the methodology set out in Appendix A5.2. 4. This Chapter includes the following elements: Legislation, Policy and Guidance; Consultation; Assessment Methodology and Significance Criteria; Landscape Baseline Conditions; Visual Baseline Conditions; Cumulative Baseline; Assessment of Potential Effects (including Cumulative Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (CLVIA)); Mitigation and Residual Effects; Summary of Effects; Statement of Significance; and Glossary. 5. The CLVIA has been incorporated into the tables found within Section 5.9: Assessment of Potential Landscape and Visual Effects. 5.2 LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDANCE 6. The following guidance, legislation and information sources have been considered in carrying out this assessment. 5.2.1 Assessment Guidance The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations (2017)1 (hereafter referred to as ‘the EIA Regulations’); Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (2013), Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, 3rd Edition (GLVIA3)2; 1 The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. London: HMSO [Online] Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/101/contents/made (Accessed 22/06/2021) 2 Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (2013), Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, 3rd Edition (GLVIA3) Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP Arcus Consultancy Services Ltd June 2021 Page 5-1 Chapter 5 Cloich Forest Wind Farm LVIA EIA Report Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)3 (2018), A Handbook on Environmental Impact Assessment, Appendix 2: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Version 54; SNH (2017), Visual Representation of Wind Farms, Version 2.25; SNH (2012), Assessing the cumulative impact of onshore wind energy developments6; Landscape Institute (2019), Technical Guidance Note 06/19 Visual representation of development proposals7; Landscape Institute (2019), Technical Guidance Note 02/19 Residential Visual Amenity Assessment8; NatureScot (2020), General pre-application and scoping advice for onshore wind farms9; and SNH (unpublished, 2018), Guidance for Assessing Effects on Special Qualities and Special Landscape Qualities. Working Draft 1110. 5.2.2 Design and Locational Guidance SNH (2017), Siting and Designing Wind Farms in the Landscape, Version 311; SNH (2009), Policy Statement No 02/02: Strategic Locational Guidance for Onshore Windfarms in Respect of the National Heritage12; SNH (2015), Spatial Planning for Onshore Wind Turbines – natural heritage considerations, Guidance13; SNH (2019), Good Practice During Windfarm Construction, Version 414; 3 SNH changed name to NatureScot in August 2020, during drafting of LVIA. Many reference documents and consultation responses were published prior to this name change. Where these have been published prior to the name change, SNH is referred to. 4 SNH (2018), A Handbook on Environmental Impact Assessment, Appendix 2: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Version 5. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2018- 05/Publication%202018%20-%20Environmental%20Impact%20Assessment%20Handbook%20V5.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) 5 SNH (2017), Visual Representation of Wind Farms, Version 2.2. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/visual-representation-wind-farms-guidance (Accessed 29/03/2021) 6 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) (2012), Assessing the cumulative impact of onshore wind energy developments. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/guidance-assessing-cumulative-impact-onshore-wind-energy- developments (Accessed 29/03/2021) 7 Landscape Institute (2019), Technical Guidance Note 06/19 Visual representation of development proposals. [Online] Available at: https://landscapewpstorage01.blob.core.windows.net/www-landscapeinstitute- org/2019/09/LI_TGN-06-19_Visual_Representation.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) 8 Landscape Institute (2019), Technical Guidance Note 2/19: Residential Visual Amenity Assessment (RVAA). [Online] Available at: https://landscapewpstorage01.blob.core.windows.net/www-landscapeinstitute- org/2019/03/tgn-02-2019-rvaa.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) 9 SNH (2020), General pre-application and scoping advice for onshore wind farms. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/general-pre-application-and-scoping-advice-onshore-wind-farms (Accessed 29/03/2021) 10 SNH (unpublished, 2018). Guidance for Assessing Effects on Special Qualities and Special Landscape Qualities. Working Draft 11 11 SNH (2017), Siting and Designing Wind Farms in the Landscape, Version 3. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/siting-and-designing-wind-farms-landscape-version-3a (Accessed 29/03/2021) 12 SNH (2009), Policy Statement No 02/02: Strategic Locational Guidance for Onshore Windfarms in Respect of the National Heritage. 13 SNH (2015), Spatial Planning for Onshore Wind Turbines – natural heritage considerations, Guidance. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2019-10/Guidance%20- %20Spatial%20Planning%20for%20Onshore%20Wind%20Turbines%20- %20natural%20heritage%20considerations%20-%20June%202015.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) 14 SNH (2019), Good Practice During Windfarm Construction, Version 4. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2020- 12/Good%20Practice%20during%20wind%20farm%20construction%20-%204th%20Ed.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) Arcus Consultancy Services Ltd Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP Page 5-2 June 2021 Cloich Forest Wind Farm Chapter 5 EIA Report LVIA SNH (2015), Constructed Tracks in the Scottish Uplands, 2nd Edition15; Scottish Government (2014), Scottish Planning Policy16; Scottish Government (2017), Scottish Energy Strategy: The future of energy in Scotland17; Scottish Government (2017), Onshore Wind Policy Statement18; and Scottish Government (2003), Planning Advice Note (PAN) 68: Design Statements19. 5.2.3 Local Development Plans and Supplementary Planning Guidance Scottish Borders Council (2016), Local Development Plan20; Scottish Borders Council (2018), Supplementary Guidance Renewable Energy21; and Scottish Borders Council (2016), Wind Energy Consultancy Update of Wind Energy Landscape Capacity and Cumulative Impact Study22 (hereafter ‘The Scottish Borders Landscape Capacity Study’. 15 SNH (2015), Constructed Tracks in the Scottish Uplands, 2nd Edition. [Online] Available at: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/Publication%202015%20- %20Constructed%20tracks%20in%20the%20Scottish%20Uplands.pdf (Accessed 29/03/2021) 16 Scottish Government (2014), Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). [Online] Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-planning-policy/ (Accessed 29/03/2021) 17 Scottish Government (2017), Scottish Energy Strategy: The future of energy in Scotland. [Online] Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-energy-strategy-future-energy-scotland-9781788515276/ (Accessed 29/03/2021) 18 Scottish Government (2017), Onshore Wind Policy Statement. [Online] Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/onshore-wind-policy-statement-9781788515283/ (Accessed 29/03/2021) 19 Scottish Government (2003), Planning Advice Note (PAN) 68: Design Statements. [Online] Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/planning-advice-note-68-design-statements/ (Accessed 29/03/2021) 20 Scottish Borders Council (2016), Local Development Plan. [Online] Available at: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20051/plans_and_guidance/121/local_development_plan (Accessed 29/03/2021) 21 Scottish Borders Council (2018), Supplementary Guidance Renewable Energy. [Online] Available at: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20051/plans_and_guidance/766/renewable_energy_supplementary_guidanc e (Accessed 29/03/2021) 22 Scottish Borders Council (2016), Supplementary Guidance Renewable Energy. [Online] Available at: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/659/renewable_energy_supplementary_guidance (Accessed 29/03/2021) Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP Arcus Consultancy Services Ltd June 2021 Page 5-3 Chapter 5 Cloich Forest Wind Farm LVIA EIA Report 5.3 CONSULTATION 5.3.1 Scoping Responses and Consultations 7. Consultation for the LVIA was undertaken with the consultees listed in Table 5.1. Table 5.1: Consultation Responses Consultee Type and Summary of Consultation Response
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