Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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of relatively late, estate type, brick buildings as well as buildings with slate
roofs built with white or yellow bricks. Flint is also widely used in as a
walling material. On the coast, red brick buildings with pan-tiled roofs, often
black-glazed, are commonly found.
4.2.21. This landscape character type lies at a distance of 32.4km from the nearest
WTG.
Sensitivity to Change
4.2.22. Many areas of the Estate Sandlands have lost much of their rural character
due to the steady pressure of suburbanisation and tourism-related
development. High-tech modern farming and forestry also tend to dominate
in certain areas. Sizewell Power Station and lines of pylons and overhead
wires also lie in this character type.
4.2.23. The visual enclosure afforded by the woodland vegetation and landform
combine with the strong landscape structure and existing development to
moderate the sensitivity of this landscape character type to the type of
change proposed by the development. The frequency of long distance views,
however, increases its sensitivity. However, views of the sea or the role of the
sea in forming part of the setting of the landscape character type are not
referred to in the Suffolk Landscape Character Assessment description, and it
is not described as being sensitive to offshore development. The sensitivity
of this landscape character type to the type of change proposed by offshore
wind farm, outwith its area, is Low.
Open Coastal Fens
4.2.24. The Open Coastal Fens landscape character type comprises a flat landscape of
peaty soils, fringed with wet woodland on the inland side with rising ground
visible beyond this. There are areas of wet grazing marsh and reedbeds and
the landscape is managed to promote wildlife conservation. Views are
generally limited to within the landscape character type where wind pumps
form prominent vertical features.
4.2.25. This landscape character type lies at a distance of 39.7km from the nearest
WTG.
Sensitivity to Change
4.2.26. This is a highly dynamic landscape subject to ongoing change affected by the
reclamation of salt marshes by farmers; the restoration of freshwater marsh
habitats by naturalists; and unexpected incursions into the area by the sea.