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South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy iv February 2016 7948 GIS 103 xi Legend SLC Boundary Study Area 15km buffer viii Scottish Local Authority Boundaries vii Regional Landscape Areas (from 1999 Glasgow and Clyde Valley LCA) iii - Clyde and Ayrshire Basins Moorlands iv - Central Plateau Moorlands vi - Southern Uplands vii - Clyde Basin Farmlands viii - Inner Clyde Valley x - Southern Uplands Foothills xi - Pentland Hills iii x vi Figure 3.3 Regional Landscape Character Areas Km ± 0 2.5 5 10 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown Copyright 2016. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL 100017966 STC7 URBAN STC7 LTH6 URBAN STC7 STC9 STC8 STC8 3 STC8 STC7 STC7 LTH5 STC11 STC18 STC3 3 STC11 STC7 STC3 URBAN 3 URBAN U LTH2 STC11 U LTH1 STC9 STC7 STC5 LTH3 STC12 STC5 STC7 STC11 STC8 South Lanarkshire 3 URBAN STC8 2 LTH2 LTH2 Landscape Capacity Study STC7 STC5 6A 6 STC6 STC7 U 6 for Wind Energy BDR1 STC5 1 iv 5B U 6C 5 February 2016 7948 GIS 104 6C 6A STC8 5A 1 1 5 6A 1 Legend 5A xi BDR8 5 12 6 SLC Boundary U U 1 2 6 2A 6 Study Area 15km buffer STC18 viii 6A Scottish Local Authority Boundaries vii 6 6 4A Landscape Character 5 5C BDR3 1 - Urban Fringe Farmland 4 5 6B 5 9 11 2 - Incised River Valley 2A - Incised River Valley Broad Valley Floor 2 10 3 - Broad Urban Valley U BDR22 AYS20 6 5A 4 BDR11 4 - Rolling Farmland 5 6A 4 4 6A 4 5 4A - Rolling Farmland Forestry 8 5 - Plateau Farmland U BDR3 5A - Plateau Farmland Forestry 10 AYS7 7 5B - Plateau Farmland Opencast Mining AYS9 AYS10 5C - Plateau Farmland Windfarm iii 8 6D 5 x 9 7 BDR25 6 - Plateau Moorland 7A 7 6 6A - Plateau Moorland Forestry 10A 11 7 6B - Plateau Moorland Forestry Windfarm 5B BDR22 7A 6C - Plateau Moorland Windfarm 7 9 6D - Plateau Moorland Opencast Mining 8B AYS19 BDR22 8 7 - Rolling Moorland 7B 11 14 7 7A - Rolling Moorland Forestry AYS7 10 7B - Rolling Moorland Windfarm 7 8A 8 - Upland River Valley 13 13B 8A - Upland River Valley Incised AYS10 8B 7 AYS9 6 8B - Upland River Valley Opencast Mining 13A 7A BDR4 9 - Broad Valley Upland 7A 7 13 13 10 - Foothills AYS7 13A 10A - Foothills Forestry 13A 14 8 13A AYS19 11 - Prominent Isolated Hills AYS10 7 AYS9 12 - Old Red Sandstone Hills 14 14 13 13 - Southern Uplands AYS7 13A - Southern Uplands Forestry AYS20 13 13B - Southern Uplands Windfarm 14 13B 13C - Southern Uplands Leadhills 14 DGW22 13C 14 - Upland Glen vi 13A U - Urban AYS10 AYS15 14 14 Landscape Character Areas in Neighbouring Authorities AYS18 13B (SNH, 1999) 13 Regional Landscape Character Areas (see Fig 3.3 for details) DGW22 DGW11 DGW11 13A Figure 3.4 AYS23 DGW11 BDR5 DGW10 13A AYS23 Landscape DGW11 Character Areas AYS14 13 DGW21 AYS24 DGW22 13 DGW23 DGW22 Km ± 0 2.5 5 10 DGW8 DGW23 DGW23 DGW22 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary AYS17 DGW11 DGW20 DGW20 Office © Crown Copyright 2016. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown DGW22 DGW22 DGW17 DGW5 DGW20 DGW17 copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL 100017966 South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy February 2016 7948 GIS 104 Legend 1 SLC Boundary Study Area 15km buffer Scottish Local Authority Boundaries South Lanarkshire Special Landscape Areas: 1. Lower Clyde and Calderglen 2. Middle Clyde Valley 3. Upper Clyde Valley & Tinto 4. Douglas Valley 5. Pentland Hills & Blackmount 6. Leadhills & Lowther Hills 5 National Scenic Areas 2 Greenbelt Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes Local Landscape Designations Outside South Lanarkshire 3 4 6 Figure 3.5 Landscape Related Designations Km ± 0 5 10 20 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown Copyright 2016. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL 100017966 South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy February 2016 7948 GIS 106 Legend SLC Boundary Study Area 15km buffer Scottish Local Authority Boundaries Natural Heritage Areas Special Areas of Conservation Special Protection Areas National Nature Reserves Sites of Special Scientific Interest Ancient Woodland Local Nature Reserves Cultural Heritage Areas Listed Buildings Scheduled Ancient Monuments Conservation Areas World Heritage Sites Other Country Parks Figure 3.6 Natural and Cultural Heritage Designations Km ± 0 5 10 20 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown Copyright 2016. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL 100017966 South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy February 2016 7948 GIS 107 3 3 3 Legend U U SLC Boundary Study Area 15km buffer 3 2 6A 6 Scottish Local Authority Boundaries U 6 Landscape Character Areas 1 5B U 6C 5 6C 6A Wild Land Areas: 5A 1 1 5 6A 1 1. Merrick 5A 2. Talla-Hart Fell 6 5 12 U U 1 2 2A 6 6 2014 Relative wildness 6A 6 Value 4A 6 High : 256 5 5C 4 5 6B 5 9 11 2 Low : 1 U 6 5A 4 10 6A 4 4 5 6A 4 5 8 U 10 7 8 6D 5 9 7 7 7A 6 10A 11 7 7A 5B 7 8B 9 8 7B 11 14 7 10 7 13 13B 7 8B 6 13A 8A 7A 7A 7 13 13 13A 8 13A 14 13A 7 14 14 13 13 14 13B 14 13C 13A 2 14 14 13B 13 13A 13A 13 13 Figure 3.7 Relative Wildness and Wild Land Areas Km ± 0 5 10 20 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary 1 Office © Crown Copyright 2016. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL 100017966 South Lanarkshire Council Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.0 VISUAL BASELINE near settlements. When considering individual proposals, a suitable separation distance within this maximum would be applied following detailed consideration of the scheme The following section details the analysis that was carried out to establish the relative landscape and visual criteria12. visibility of different parts of South Lanarkshire. Table 4.1 Visual Receptors: Settlements 4.1 Visual Receptors 1 Abington 32 Dillarburn 63 Nerston In a study of landscape capacity and cumulative landscape impacts, it is important to 2 Ashgill 33 Dolphinton 64 Netherburn consider visibility, and the effects of cumulative impact on visual receptors. This not only 3 Auchengray 34 Douglas Water 65 New Lanark feeds into the assessment of landscape sensitivity and capacity (see Section 2.2), but also 4 Auchenheath 35 Douglas 66 New Trows builds up a picture of how visual receptors in and around South Lanarkshire would perceive windfarms within the South Lanarkshire landscape. 5 Auldhouse 36 Drumclog 67 Newbigging 6 Biggar 37 Dunsyre 68 Pettinain The types of potentially sensitive visual receptors within South Lanarkshire are broadly 7 Blackwood/Kirkmuirhill 38 East Kilbride 69 Ponfeigh categorised into three groups, represented by the locations in brackets: 8 Blantyre 39 Elsrickle 70 Quarter Residents (dwellings and settlements) 9 Boghead 40 Elvanfoot 71 Quothquan 10 Bothwell 41 Ferniegair 72 Ravenstruther Travellers (roads, railway, paths and cycle routes) 11 Braehead 42 Garrion 73 Rosebank Visitors (visitor destinations and viewpoints) 12 Lower Braidwood 43 Gilmourton 74 Rigside While there are many working receptors in South Lanarkshire, these have not been 13 Upper Braidwood 44 Forth 75 Roberton included as sensitive visual receptors, as in common practice in LVIA. 14 Brocketsbrae 45 Glassford 76 Rutherglen 15 Cambuslang 46 Glespin 77 Sandford Based on desk study and site analysis, three groups of receptors were identified as follows: 16 Candy Mill 47 Hamilton 78 Shawsburn 17 Carmichael 48 Hawksland 79 Stonehouse Settlements, representing concentrations of residential receptors, based on the 18 Carluke 49 Hazelbank 80 Strathaven settlements defined in the South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan (LDP) 19 Carnwath 50 Hyndfordbridge 81 Symington (Adopted June 2015); 20 Carstairs 51 Kerswell 82 Tanhill Routes, representing travelling receptors, and including the motorway, “A” roads, 21 Carstairs Junction 52 Kilncadzow 83 Tarbrax selected “B” roads, railways, and long-distance footpaths and cycleways; 22 Cartland 53 Kirkfieldbank 84 Thankerton Viewpoints, representing visitors, selected from popular walking destinations, visitor 23 Chapelton 54 Kittochside 85 Thorntonhall attractions, and viewpoints identified on OS maps, including several viewpoints just 24 Cleghorn 55 Lamington 86 Tillietudlem outside South Lanarkshire. 25 Coalburn 56 Lanark 87 Uddingston The settlements, routes, and viewpoints are listed in Tables 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 below, and all 26 Covington 57 Larkhall 88 Walston the receptors are illustrated on Figure 4.1. 27 Newtown of Covington 58 Law 89 West End 28 Coulter 59 Leadhills 90 Wilsontown In accordance with the SPP spatial framework, a community separation area for consideration of visual impacts has been drawn around all settlements in South 29 Crawfordjohn 60 Lesmahagow 91 Wiston Lanarkshire. The list of settlements to which the area is applied was determined by 30 Crossford 61 Libberton 92 Woolfords reference to the LDP. 31 Crawford 62 Nemphlar 93 Yieldshields The LDP map indicates settlement boundaries.