Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
rights of way in the landscape around the site. Users of the bridleway
which runs along Sandy Lane from Leiston Common in the northwest
to Sizewell Gap road on the southeast will be the most affected.
Viewpoint 2 lies on this bridleway. The development and planting
will be seen in the context of the existing woodlands, substation,
pylons and Sizewell Power Station. Views will be intermittent and,
after 15 years, the main change will be seen as the extension of
woodland into an area of farmland.
16.4.5. The substation will be visible from some sections of public rights of
way to the south of Sizewell Gap road, although trees, scrub, and
outgrown hedgerows in this area will limit views and, as mitigation
planting matures, it will become enclosed and largely screened by
woodland.
16.4.6. The substation will not be visible from the Suffolk Coast Path and
only from a relatively short section of Sandlings Walk long distant
route to the southeast of the site.
Representative Viewpoints
16.4.7. Of the eight representative viewpoints assessed, four will experience
‘significant’ effects (Major or Major-Moderate significance) at Year 1
(all being Adverse), reducing to two by year 15 (one being Adverse and
one Neutral) as mitigation planting provides screening and integrates
the development into the landscape. These all lie within 1km of the
site, either on local roads or public rights of way.
16.4.8. The two viewpoints from which significant effects will be
experienced at Year 15 are:
� Viewpoint 2 on the bridleway approximately 0.13km to the
north of the site. The changes are mainly due to the extent of new
woodland that will be visible across part of an existing open
skyline. The visual effects are assessed as Major-Moderate
significance. On balance it is considered that the changes will be