Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document

Landscape Capacity Assessment Map 8 Bewcastle (2006)

Longtown This map should be read in conjunction with the Landscape Capacity Assessment Fundings in Part 2. A7 When considering the potential acceptibility of a scheme all other planning issues set out in the SPD must be considered. This map is indicative only. A74 Brampton Bowness A689 -on-Solway Hallbankgate Key Carlisle A69 Lake District National Park Landscape Classification Subtype Silloth Cumwhinton North Pennines AONB Moderate/High Landscape Capacity Abbeytown Dalston Solway Coast AONB Moderate Landscape Capacity Wigton Yorkshire Dales National Park Low/Moderate Landscape Capacity A596 Alston Arnside and Silverdale AONB Low Landscape Capacity High Hesket Aspatria A595 Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian’s Wall Caldbeck Calthwaite A686 Bothel Lazonby St Bees Heritage Coastline Maryport Cumbria County Council Boundary Broughton Langwathby Seaton Cockermouth Landscape Landscape Appropriate scale of development Bassenthwaite Penrith Workington Great Clifton A66 Character Capacity small group - 3-5 turbines, A66 Type large group - 6-9 turbines Loweswater small wind farm - 10-15 turbines Distington Derwent Keswick Water Appleby medium wind farm - 16-25 turbines Crummock Ullswater Whitehaven Thirlmere Shap Brough 1 Estuary and Marsh Low All scales generally inappropriate Cleator Moor Buttermere 2 Coastal Margins Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group in Ennerdale most extensive parts and where unconstrained Haweswater St Bees Egremont A591 by settlement Kirkby Stephen 3 Coastal Limestone Low All scales generally inappropriate A595 Grasmere 4 Coastal Sandstone Low/moderate Up to a small group beyond St Bees Head Wastwater Rydal Ambleside A6 Tebay Heritage Coast Sellafield Gosforth A685 5 Lowland Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group Seascale Windermere 6 Intermediate Land Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group 7 Drumlins Low/moderate Single turbines or a small group Devoke Coniston Water Windermere 8 Main Valleys Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, in broader valleys Kendal Sedbergh 9i Intermediate Moorland Moderate/high Up to a large group, exceptionally up to a medium Coniston A684 wind farm on high moorland Bootle Broughton 9ii Moorland Hill and Moderate Up to a small group A590 Levens Low Plateaux Grizebeck Newby Bridge 10 Sandstone Ridge Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group 11 Upland Fringes Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, Milnthorpe Millom on broader topographic sweeps Ulverston 12 Higher Limestone Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, Haverigg Askam Grange Kirkby Lonsdale Burton in blander parts Dalton 13 Fells and Scarps Low All scales generally inappropriate 14 Urban Areas and Fringes Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, in coastal contexts Barrow-in-Furness

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