Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
12.0 Assessment during Decommissioning
12.1.1. As the cable connection equipment will be disconnected and left in
situ the works will be limited in duration and effect. Landscape
effects, effects on designated landscapes and visual effects of
decommissioning the onshore cable connection will be Negligible.
12.1.2. Effects on landscape character, designated landscapes and visual
receptors during decommissioning will be limited as the landform
and new woodland planting will be retained and, after 25 years, it will
provide effective screening of the substation as it is dismantled. The
only changes potentially visible from outside the enclosing woodland
(north, west and south of the substation) will be the presence of
contractor’s compound and storage areas outside the woodland, if
they are required in this location, and the movement of vehicles. The
works will not be visible from a wide area and will be relatively short
term. Landscape effects, effects on designated landscapes and effects
on visual receptors during decommissioning, with or without the
‘additional mitigation area’ discussed in section 8.1.1 are unlikely to
be significant.