Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

2842_LVIA
8
September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
the wireframes and this LVIA has been undertaken on the assumption
that buildings and equipment could potentially occupy these entire
envelopes, in order to give an indication of maximum potential
effects. In reality buildings and equipment will not be of a uniform
height throughout each area but pieces of equipment/buildings may
be up to the heights shown. Much of the equipment will be lower
than these heights. The tallest building will be in the Galloper
compound which will be up to 14m above ground level (up to
23mAOD). The gantries are shown as actual potential structures.
b) Wireframe Figures 2890/WF_IL/01 RevA to 2890/WF_IL/08
RevA showing an Illustrative Layout
1.3.5. These wireframes illustrate the type of equipment likely to be used
within the substation compounds, from Viewpoints 1 to 8. They are
not based on an actual final designed substation and equipment is not
necessarily up to the heights shown on drawing GWF_583_R1 in
Appendix 2 of Appendix 4. For example, a building will be located in
the area shown as ‘14m Maximum Height’ on drawing GWF_583_R1
but, on these wireframes, it is shown at 12m height.
c) Photomontage Figures 2890/PM/01B/YR1, 2890/PM/02B/YR1,
2890/PM/04B/YR1, 2890/PM/05B/YR1
1.3.6. Photomontage views at Year 1 (before proposed planting will have
matured) from Viewpoints 1, 2, 4 and 5 based on the illustrative
substation layout, as show in in b) above, but with the following
change – the potential 14m high building is shown as being 14m high
and in the ‘worst case’ location for that particular viewpoint, within
the ‘Maximum Height 14m’ area shown on drawing GWF_583_R1.
The ‘worst case’ location might be on the extreme edge of the 14m
high area closest to the viewpoint, or in another location depending
on, for example, the presence of other features in the foreground that
might provide screening.