Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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Consultees Date of
Consultation
Natural England 6 th and 9 th
May 2011
Type of
Consultation
Letter sent by email
enclosing
viewpoints, ZTV and
cumulative sites
Purpose of
Consultation
Agreement of
viewpoints and
cumulative sites
12 th May 2011 Email to NE To agree seascape
character
assessment method
12 th May 2011 Email from NE Agreement on
seascape character
assessment method
16 th May 2011 Email from NE Agreement to
consultation
Consultation on Preliminary Environmental Report
2.4.4. A Preliminary Environmental Report (PER) on the offshore and onshore
aspects of the project and its likely environmental impacts was published in
June 2011, to inform the statutory pre-application consultation under Section
42 of the Planning Act 2008. The aim of the statutory consultation was to
inform relevant stakeholders and those with an interest in the application
about the project and its impacts, and to receive their comments. The results
of the consultation were used to inform the design of the proposals, the
Environmental Statement (ES) and those aspects of the project which had yet
to be finalised.
2.4.5. No issues were raised by consultees which affect this SLVIA of the offshore
components of GWF.
2.5. Field Study
2.5.1. The field survey was originally carried out in January and March 2010 and
again in May 2011. The field work involved the verification and
identification of landscape character areas and regional seascape units and
their sensitivity to the type of change proposed. A visit was also made to each
of the eight identified viewpoint locations to:
� record the features and the sensitivity of the receptor at that view; and