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To Download Barrel Law Non-Technical Summary Barrel Law Wind Farm Non-technical Summary ABO Wind INTRODUCTION PROJECT DESCRIPTION ABO Wind UK Ltd (ABO Wind), on behalf of Barrel Law Windfarm Ltd, is seeking planning permission to develop Barrel Law Wind Farm (the Site Location and Access ‘proposed development’) consisting of up to seven wind turbines with a total installed generating capacity of up to 24.5 megawatts (MW), located The proposed development site is located on land at Todrig Farm and within the local authority area administered by Scottish Borders Council Whitslade Farm, 7km south west of Ashkirk, 3.5km north west of (SBC). The site centre is approximately at Ordnance Survey (OS) Roberton and 9km west of Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. National Grid coordinates NT412178. The proposed development site comprises moorland and rough grazing, As the proposed development is considered a project likely to give rise to currently used for sheep grazing and managed for seasonal game ‘significant environmental effects’, and in accordance with the shooting. The Hyndhope and Alemoor Forest, a large commercial forest requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact plantation predominantly comprising of Sitka Spruce, lies to the west of Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (the ‘EIA Regulations’), an the site, through which access from the B711 will be taken using the Environmental Statement (ES) has been prepared to accompany the existing access track to the operational Langhope Rig Wind Farm, application for planning permission for the development. located approximately 2km to the north of the proposed development. This Non-technical Summary (NTS) provides an overview of the key No residential properties are located within the proposed development findings of the ES. boundary. There are five residential properties within 2km, with the nearest inhabited residential properties over 1.2km from the nearest In 2012 the applicant submitted a planning application for a wind farm proposed turbine. comprising eight turbines with a maximum height to blade tip of 125m, sited at a different location at Barrel Law. That application was refused Principal Components consent by SBC in 2013, and an appeal against refusal of the application was dismissed by the Directorate for Planning and Environmental The principal components of the proposed development comprise: Appeals in 2014. Up to 7 three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbines of up to 132m (metres) blade tip height, each nominally rated at up to 3.5MW; The proposed development has been designed in light of those previous decisions and addresses the reasons for refusal of that scheme, as . Crane hardstanding areas at each turbine location; outlined in the Design and Access Statement accompanying the planning . Access tracks and turning heads; application. An electrical control building and a network of electrical and control cables buried underground; . Borrow pits; and . Temporary construction compounds and hardstanding areas. 1 Barrel Law Wind Farm Non-technical Summary ABO Wind Grid Connection The grid connection would be subject of a separate planning application and would consist of a 33kV grid connection from the electrical control building to the off-site local grid network at the Hawick Grid Supply Point, approximately 9km to the south-east of the site. It is anticipated the off- site connection to Hawick could involve a combination of wooden pole overhead line and underground cable installations. permission of the Construction The main construction period is likely to last for a total of eight months, preceded by a six-month period for site investigations and detailed design work. A detailed Construction Method Statement would be prepared for the construction works and submitted to SBC for agreement prior to initiation of the works. Majesty’s Majesty’s Stationery office. © Crown Copyright. Licence Construction activities and heavy vehicle access to the site would generally be from 07:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and 07:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays, unless otherwise agreed with SBC. This restriction would of Her apply to the majority of materials to be delivered to the site. controller 0100031673.Number Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with Abnormal Indivisible Loads (large turbine components, such as blades Proposed development site location shown in red (not to scale) and tower sections), would be delivered to the port of entry, assumed to be Grangemouth or Rosyth. From there they would be delivered to the site under Police escort, at times to be set by Police Scotland. A Traffic Decommissioning Management Plan would be put in place to control traffic impacts. On completion of its operational lifetime, anticipated to be 25-years, the proposed development would be decommissioned and the site restored Operation to a standard required by SBC. A detailed Decommissioning Method Statement (DMS) would be prepared for the decommissioning works and Once operational, the proposed development would require scheduled submitted to SBC for approval prior to initiation of the decommissioning service visits approximately once or twice per week by operations staff in works. Preparation of the DMS near to the time of decommissioning light vehicles. Extended visits for servicing, typically every six months, would allow the operator to take advantage of advances in technology and unscheduled maintenance may also be required. It may be and best site practices at that time. necessary to transport equipment and materials to the site during some maintenance works. 2 Barrel Law Wind Farm Non-technical Summary ABO Wind PLANNING POLICY Landscape and Visual Amenity The Scottish Government’s policy framework for addressing climate The site is located between the hills of Barrel Law (384m Above change is the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The 2020 Routemap Ordnance Datum (AOD)) and Alemoor Craig (378m AOD). The boundary for Renewable Energy in Scotland set out the new target for renewable extends southwards to include the slightly lower knoll of Lamb Knowe sources to generate the equivalent of 100% of Scotland’s gross annual (360m AOD), then turns towards Hummel Side (312m AOD) before electricity consumption by 2020, equating to approximately 16 Gigawatts extending in a north-westerly direction, following the high ground to the (GW) of installed renewable generation capacity. The 2015 update Ettrick Forest. Apart from an Ordnance Survey trig point there are no summarises that in 2014 renewable sources delivered 49.8% of buildings or structures within the site area. Scotland’s gross electricity. The study area (which is 40km radius from the outer turbines) contains The proposed development site is located within an “Area with the three nationally protected areas comprising one National Park and two Highest Capacity” for wind turbines over 120m in height, as shown on National Scenic Areas. There is one Wild Land Area, 21 Gardens and Figure 6.4 Wind Turbine Development Opportunities and Constraints in Designed Landscapes and ten local landscape designations. However, the Scottish Borders Updated Wind Energy Capacity Study, May 2016, the proposed development is not located within any one of these areas. and in an “Area with Potential for Wind Farm Development” shown on Figure 6 Wind Energy Spatial Framework of the Draft Renewable Energy There are six different landscape character types (LCT) which would Supplementary Guidance (SBC December 2016). experience high or moderate theoretical visibility of the proposed development. Of these, the development is located in the ‘Dun Knowe 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Group’ area of the ‘Southern Uplands with scattered forest’ LCT. There are 22 wind energy developments that are currently operational, The following technical assessments presented in the ES were consented or in the planning process within the 40km radius cumulative undertaken by specialist EIA consultants: study area. Landscape and Visual Amenity – Optimised Environments; . Noise – Golder Associates; A Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) was carried out to identify and record the potential effects that the proposed development . Cultural Heritage – Northlight Heritage; may have on physical elements of the landscape; landscape character; . Ornithology and Ecology – RPS Group; areas that have been designated for their scenic or landscape-related . Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Geology – ITPEnergised; qualities; and views from various locations such as settlements, routes, . Traffic and Transport – WYG; tourism features and other sensitive locations. Tourism, Recreation and Land Use – ABO Wind UK; The assessment has shown that the effect of the proposed development . Shadow Flicker – ITPEnergised; on the landscape and visual resource of the great majority of this study . Climate and Air Quality – ITPEnergised; and area will be not significant, which means that in these areas the effect of . Aviation and Telecommunications – Aviatica. the proposed development is not defining and the existing characteristics ABO Wind UK managed the EIA process and prepared this ES. 1 The Borders Landscape Assessment SNH Review No 112 (Ash Consulting Group, 1998) 3 Barrel Law Wind Farm Non-technical Summary ABO Wind of the landscape and views will continue to prevail. The assessment has Of the statutorily protected cultural heritage sites within 10km of the also indicated that, in common with wind farm developments of this proposed development a significant effect, including cumulative effect, on scale, there is potential for the proposed
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