Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document

Wind speeds 6.5m/second Map 1 Regionally Significant Roads Bewcastle Please note that in some areas it may be technically feasible to operate wind turbines at speeds of less than 6.5m/second. This map is indicative only. Longtown A7 A74 Brampton Key Bowness A689 Lake District National Park -on-Solway Yorkshire Dales National Park Hallbankgate Carlisle A69 Solway Coast AONB Silloth North Pennines AONB Cumwhinton Abbeytown Dalston Arnside and Silverdale AONB Wigton Frontiers of the Roman Empire: A596 Hadrian’s Wall - visual envelope Alston High Hesket St Bees Heritage Coastline Aspatria A595 Cumbria County Council Boundary Caldbeck Calthwaite A686 Bothel Lazonby Wind Speed 6.5m/second Maryport

Broughton Langwathby Seaton Cockermouth Bassenthwaite Penrith Workington Great Clifton A66 A66 Loweswater Distington Derwent Keswick Water Appleby Crummock Ullswater Whitehaven Thirlmere Shap Brough Cleator Moor Buttermere Ennerdale Haweswater St Bees Egremont A591 Kirkby Stephen A595 Grasmere Wastwater Rydal Ambleside A6 Tebay Sellafield Gosforth A685 Seascale Windermere Devoke Coniston Water Windermere Kendal Sedbergh Coniston A684 Bootle Broughton A590 Levens Grizebeck Newby Bridge Millom Milnthorpe Ulverston Haverigg Askam Grange Kirkby Lonsdale Burton Dalton

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Wind Energy Map 2 Regionally Significant Roads Bewcastle Development Sites

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 Operational Silloth 18 4 Cumwhinton Yorkshire Dales National Park 34 Abbeytown Dalston Solway Coast AONB Approved Wigton North Pennines AONB A596 Alston Arnside and Silverdale AONB Appeal A595 High Hesket 31 16 21 Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Aspatria 6 33 Hadrian’s Wall - visual envelope Refused Bothel Caldbeck A686 Calthwaite Lazonby St Bees Heritage Coastline Maryport 14 32 Cumbria County Council Boundary Application 2 Broughton 27 Langwathby Seaton 15 Cockermouth 5 1 Bassenthwaite Penrith Workington Great Clifton A66 Wind Energy Development - Operational Wind Energy Development - Refused 3 20 A66 8 Loweswater 1 Oldside 21 Hilltop Distington Derwent Keswick 2 Siddick 22 Whinash Wind Farm 24 Water Appleby Crummock 3 Winscales 23 Drigg Ullswater Whitehaven Thirlmere Shap 30 Brough 4 Great Orton 24 Fairfield Farm (2) Cleator Moor Buttermere 5 Swineside* 25 Gunson Height Ennerdale 6 Newlands Mill 26 Lowick Beacon 13 Haweswater St Bees Egremont A591 7 Haverigg 27 Lowick Common A595 Kirkby Stephen 8 Lowca 28 Barkin House 19 Grasmere 9 Harlock Hill 29 Firbank Fell Wastwater Rydal Ambleside A6 22 Tebay 10 Kirkby Moor 30 Hoff Moor Sellafield Gosforth A685 11 Lambrigg Fell 31 Brownrigg Hall Seascale Windermere 12 Far Old Park 23 13 Black Sail Hut* Wind Energy Development - Application Devoke Coniston Water Windermere 14 Wharrels Hill Kendal 15 Voridian 32 Lamonby 11 29 Sedbergh 16 High Pow 33 Grise Coniston 34 Hellrigg Broughton A684 Bootle Wind Energy Development - Approved 26 A590 Levens 28 Grizebeck10 27 Newby Bridge 17 Barnscar Fold* 25 17 18 Pirelli Millom Milnthorpe 9 19 Laverock Howe* 7 12 Ulverston 20 Winscales Moor Haverigg Askam Grange Kirkby Lonsdale Burton Dalton * schemes within the Lake District national Park are small scale providing power to individual buildings only Barrow-in-Furness

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9i 9a Landscape Character Map 7 Bewcastle 8b 5b 6 Classification (1995) 9c 2b Longtown This map should be read in conjunction with the Landscape Capacity Assessment Fundings in Part 2. 5e A7 When considering the potential acceptibility of a scheme all other planning issues set out in the SPD 2c 5b 8b must be considered. This map is indicative only. 1a A74 Brampton 1b Bowness 2d A689 11a -on-Solway 5d 7c U 1b 5b Hallbankgate Key 2c Carlisle A69 2d 5c Lake District National Park Cumbria Landscape Classification Silloth 5a U 2b 5d Cumwhinton Yorkshire Dales National Park Type 1 - Estuary and Marsh 2c Abbeytown Dalston 2a 13b Solway Coast AONB Type 2 - Coastal Margins 5b 1a 5b Wigton 10 North Pennines AONB Type 3 - Coastal Limestome 2c A596 8a 2d 10 11a Alston Arnside and Silverdale AONB Type 4 - Coastal Sandstone 5a High Hesket 13a Aspatria A595 6 8d Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Type 5 - Lowland 12b 8b A686 Hadrian’s Wall - visual envelope Type 6 - Intermediate Land Bothel Caldbeck Calthwaite Lazonby 13b St Bees Heritage Coastline Type 7 - Drumlins Maryport 5a 12b U 6 Cumbria County Council Boundary Type 8 - Main Valleys 11a 13a Type 9 - Intermediate Moorland Plateau 2d Broughton 12c Langwathby Seaton Cockermouth 6 Type 10 - Sandstone Ridge 8c U UPenrith Bassenthwaite Type 11 - Upland Fringes Workington A66 U 5a 5c 12b 10 Type 12 - Higher Limestone 12b A66 5d Type 13 - Fells and Scarp 5a Loweswater 6 Distington Derwent Keswick 9a 9d Water Type 14(U) - Urban Area 5d 12b Appleby 9ii Crummock 13b Ullswater Whitehaven 11a 12b 8b 5d 5a Thirlmere Shap 9ii Brough U U 12a Landscape Character Type and Sub Types 5d Cleator Moor Buttermere 9b 4 5a Ennerdale 11a 11a Haweswater 12d Egremont 12d 1 Estuary and Marsh 8 Main Valleys 12 Higher Limestone St Bees U A591 12a Kirkby Stephen 1a Intertidal Flats 8a Gorges 12a Limestone Farmland 4 A595 12a 13b 1a Grasmere 1b Coastal Marsh 8b Broad Valleys 12b Rolling Fringe Wastwater Rydal Ambleside A6 11a Tebay 8b 12d 11a 2 Coastal Margins 8c Valley Corridors 12c Limestone Foothills U Gosforth Sellafield 13c A685 2a Dunes and Beaches 8d Dales 12d Moorland and Commons 5b 8c 8d Seascale 13c 2b Coastal Mosses 9 Intermediate Moorland 13 Fells and Scarps Windermere 13a 2a 8d 13c 2c Coastal Plain and Plateau 13a Scarps Devoke Coniston Windermere 3 Coastal Limestone 9i Intermediate Moorland 13b Moorland, High Plateau Water 7b 11a 11b 3a Open Farmland and Pavements 9a Open Moorlands 13c Fells Kendal Sedbergh 3b Wooded Hills and Pavements (Bewcastle Fells) 14(U) Urban Areas and Fringes U 11a Coniston A684 3c Disturbed Areas 9c Forests 2d Coastal Urban Fringe 3a 4 Coastal Sandstone (Kershope and Spadeadam) 5d Urban Fringe Bootle Broughton 7b 11a A590 Levens 9b 5 Lowland 9d Ridges (Furness) 2b 8b 5a Ridge and Valley 9ii Moorland Hill and Low Plateaus 2b Grizebeck Newby Bridge 7a 9ii 8b 11a 13c 5b Low Farmland 9a Open Moorlands (West Cumbria) Millom 2d 1b 9d 11a Milnthorpe 5b 9i 5c Rolling Lowland 9b Rolling Farmland and Heath U 2c 11a 3b 2d Ulverston 2c 2c 3a 5d Drained Mosses (Eden and South Lakeland) Haverigg 1a Askam 2d U 3a Grange Kirkby Lonsdale 6 Intermediate Land 9d Ridges (West Cumbria) 3c 3c 1a 7b 2a Burton 5c Dalton 2d 7 Drumlins 10 Sandstone Ridge 3a 7a Low Drumlins 11 Upland Fringes 8c 7b 1b 2a U 7b Drumlin Field 11a Foothills 2d 1a U Barrow-in-Furness 7c Sandy Knolls and Ridges 11b Low Fells 7a 1a This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of 2c Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ⓒ Crown 10 20 30 40km copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Cumbria County Council. July 2007 Licence 100019596. 2005. Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document

9i 9a Landscape Capacity Assessment Map 8 Bewcastle 5b 8b 6 (2006) 9c 2b Longtown This map should be read in conjunction with the Landscape Capacity Assessment Fundings in Part 2. 5e 2c 11a A7 When considering the potential acceptibility of a scheme all other planning issues set out in the SPD 5b 8b must be considered. This map is indicative only. 1a A74 Brampton 1b Bowness 2c 2d A689 -on-Solway 5d 7c U 1b 2b 5b Hallbankgate Key 2c Carlisle A69 2d 5c Lake District National Park Landscape Classification Subtype Silloth 5a U 13b 2b 5d Cumwhinton 13a Yorkshire Dales National Park Moderate/High Landscape Capacity 2c Abbeytown Dalston 2a Solway Coast AONB Moderate Landscape Capacity 5b 1a 2c Wigton 10 North Pennines AONB Low/Moderate Landscape Capacity A596 8a 2d 10 11a Alston Arnside and Silverdale AONB Low Landscape Capacity 5a High Hesket Aspatria A595 6 8d Frontiers of the Roman Empire: 12b 8b A686 Hadrian’s Wall - visual envelope Bothel Caldbeck Calthwaite Lazonby 13b St Bees Heritage Coastline Maryport 5a 12b U 6 Cumbria County Council Boundary 11a 13a 2d Broughton 12c Langwathby Seaton Cockermouth 6 8c U U Landscape Landscape Appropriate scale of development Bassenthwaite Penrith 11a Workington Great Clifton A66 Character Capacity small group - 3-5 turbines, U 5a 5c 12b 10 A66 5a 5d 12b Type large group - 6-9 turbines 5d Loweswater 6 small wind farm - 10-15 turbines Distington Derwent Keswick 9d medium wind farm - 16-25 turbines 5d 9ii Water 12b Appleby 8b 9a Crummock 11a Ullswater Whitehaven 5a Thirlmere Shap 12b 9ii Brough 13b 1 Estuary and Marsh Low All scales generally inappropriate U U 12a 5d Cleator Moor Buttermere 9b 2 Coastal Margins Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group in 4 5a Ennerdale 11a most extensive parts and where unconstrained 11a Haweswater 12d 12d Egremont by settlement St Bees U A591 12a Kirkby Stephen 3 Coastal Limestone Low All scales generally inappropriate 4 A595 12a 13b 1a Grasmere 4 Coastal Sandstone Low/moderate Up to a small group beyond St Bees Head 11a 12d Wastwater Rydal Ambleside A6 Tebay 8b 11a Heritage Coast U Gosforth Sellafield 13c A685 5 Lowland Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group 5b 8c 8d Seascale 13c 6 Intermediate Land Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group Windermere 13a 2a 8d 13c 7 Drumlins Low/moderate Single turbines or a small group Devoke Coniston Windermere 8 Main Valleys Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, Water 7b 11a in broader valleys Kendal 11b Sedbergh 9i Intermediate Moorland Moderate/high Up to a large group, exceptionally up to a medium U 11a Coniston A684 wind farm on high moorland 3a 9ii Moorland Hill and Moderate Up to a small group Bootle Broughton 7b 11a A590 Levens 9b Low Plateaus 2b 8b 10 Sandstone Ridge Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group 2b Grizebeck Newby Bridge 9ii 8b 11a 13c 2d 9i 11a 11 Upland Fringes Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, Millom 1b 9d Milnthorpe 5b U on broader topographic sweeps 2d Ulverston 2c 11a 3b 2c 3a 12 Higher Limestone Low/moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, Haverigg 1a Askam 2d U 3a Grange Kirkby Lonsdale 3c 3c 1a 7b in blander parts 2a Burton 5c Dalton 2d 13 Fells and Scarps Low All scales generally inappropriate 3a 8c 7b 1b 14 Urban Areas and Fringes Moderate Up to a small group, exceptionally a large group, 2a U in coastal contexts 2d 1a U Barrow-in-Furness 7a 1a This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of 2c Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ⓒ Crown 10 20 30 40km copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Cumbria County Council. July 2007 Licence 100019596. 2005.