Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
road (Viewpoint 4 lies on this section of road). The substation is
unlikely to be visible from other sections of Sandlings Walk except
for potential occasional more distant glimpses.
10.3.21. Many of the PROWs to the south of the Sizewell Gap road are aligned
along much of their length by outgrown hedgerows or are fringed by
scrubby vegetation in the wider landscape around them. Views will
be available towards the substation from some of the PROWs to the
south of the site, where views towards the wider landscape open up
through gaps in outgrown boundary. Viewpoint 6 illustrates the
potential most open and direct view from these PROWs. The loss of
existing woodland and replacement with the substation which will
extend over a wider area of the view will cause a noticeable change,
although it will be seen in the context of the existing infrastructure
and power station which act as a backcloth to the view. The existing
features will continue to dominate the view but the new substation
will be an obvious new feature.
10.3.22. There is a bridleway extending along Sandy Lane in a north-south
direction less than 50m east of the easternmost proposed gantry.
Views from this section will be of the new gantries and beyond to a
new gap in the woodland with the existing pylons and GGOWF
substation, and the new GWF substation, silhouetted against the
skyline. However, much of this route is lined with embankments and
vegetation screening views towards the substation and young native
trees and shrubs have been planted in the field to the west of the
bridleway, as part of the GGOWF scheme which will, in time, provide
further screening. The route of this bridleway then extends in a
north-westwards direction, passing the northeast corner of the site
where the proposed cable corridor will result in the loss of existing
woodland, opening up views of the existing GGOWF substation. It
continues northwest through the pasture field (Broom Covert), in
which part of the site is situated, before extending in a westerly
direction towards Leiston Common. There will be views of the
proposed substation from much of this route when travelling in an