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Figure Number 3

Sensitivity to Wind Farm Development in Relation to Landscape Character

Lower G G E4 A4 G Moderate A4 F4 F4 G E3 D3 B3 F2

Higher B3 D2 G F4 F2 A4 G LCA Name of Landscape Character Area E3 D4 MAJOR UPLANDS G G G A1 South Mainland Spine E3 G G G E4 B3 E3 A2 East and West Kames F5 E3 A3 F5 A4 Uplands F2 G E3 F4 F4 A5 Sandness Hill, Ward of / Noss, The Sneug and Noup F4 () and Ward Hill () F5 B3 F5 E3 PEATLAND AND MOORLAND B1 Yell Peatland F5 F5 B1 B2 Rounded Moorland Hills F5 G G B3 Unst and Rocky Heathland F5 G G E3 B4 South Mainland Coastal Moorland B3 E3 B3 B5 Eshaness and Maritime Heathland E3 B1 G F5 UNDULATING MOORLAND WITH LOCHS G F2 F4 E3 E4 B3 C1 West Mainland and : and Mangaster/ F5 B2 F4 G Nibon area C2 E3 G G G C2 Uyea, Braewick, Tingon and D4 F5 C3 Lunna Ness and Dragon Ness E3 B1 G G INLAND VALLEYS F5 D1 Farmed and Settled Inland Valleys: Tingwall and Weisdale G A3 F5 D2 and Grazing inland Valleys: Cuckron E3 B2 D3 Crofting and Grazing Isolated Valleys: Cuckron G F5 D4 Peatland and Moorland Inland Valley G F5 G C2 F2 E3 F5 FARMED AND SETTLED LOWLAND AND COAST B2 F2 F5 E1 Farmed Land B5 F2 F5 G G E2 South Mainland Scattered Settlement and Grazing Lands B2 F2 F5 F5 E3 Coastal Crofting and Grazing Lands B2 B2 B2 F1 E4 Unst and West Mainland Coastal Crofting F2 E5 West Mainland Lowland Crofting F5 D3 C1 E6 Developed Areas C3 B2 E3 FARMED AND SETTLED VOES AND SOUNDS F5 E3 E3 E3 F1 Developed Areas F5 F5 B2 F2 Nucleated Settlements A2 F5 F3 Farmed Land C1 F2 F4 Unst and Fetlar Crofting and Grassland E3 G F5 B2 F5 Scattered Settlement/ Crofting and Grazing Lands D4 A2 F5 G C1 F5 F2 C3 COASTAL EDGE F5 E3 G F2 G Coastal Edge E3 C3 E3 G G G G B5 B5 C1 C1 F5 E4 B2 F5 B2 G F5 F5 D4 C1 D4 A2 E4 F5 F5 F5 A2 E3 F5 F2 C1 F5 A5 C3 G E1 D1 E3 D3 B2 C3 F5 B2 F5 E5 D2 E3 E5 F5 F5 G F2 F2 F5 F5 F5 A2 B2 F5 B2 F2 F5 F3 G F2 E4 E4 F5 G F5 A2 E3 G G F5 D1 D4 F1 B2 A1 F2 E3 E3 A5 A2 F2 A5 E3 B4 G G A5 F5 F5 E2 G

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G F5 F5

E2 G G G G G A1 G

D3 E2 G

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B4 G

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A1 G A5 E2

E6 E3 G E3 G E3 G 0 5 10 15 20 25 km

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