Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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Distance and Direction from the
Gunfleet Sands Wind Farms
26.4km to the north
Receptor Residents/Tourists
Designations Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB,
Heritage Coast
Landscape Character Type n/a
Regional Seascape Unit Felixstowe/Deben Estuary
Existing View
5.8.7. The viewpoint is located to the northeast of the main town adjacent to a local
car park and offers an open and panoramic view out to sea. A line of small
beach huts form the immediate foreground of the view and beyond these lies
a narrow strip of shingle beach broken by a series of small timber groynes. At
low tide the mid ground is formed by a raised shingle bar, which is covered at
high tide, and beyond this is an unbroken view of the North Sea. The view is
simple in composition and low in diversity, essentially dominated by the
extent of sky visible. On the horizon line of the North Sea, the wind farms at
Gunfleet Sands I and II can be seen in distant views to the south when
visibility is good. The wooded cliffs tops above Bawdsey Manor and the
communications mast beyond form a focal point in views along the coastline
to the north. The Martello Tower forms a landmark feature in the middle
distance of the views to the north. In views along the coast to the south at
times of good visibility, the Naze promontory can be seen, with the Naze
brick tower forming a prominent landmark feature. At times when visibility
is very good, there will be uninterrupted distant views towards the WTGs of
the London Array wind farms to the south and the GGOWF to the east. There
is no particularly strong focus within the expanse of the seaward view,
although a series posts form of a sequence of minor static focal points in the
middle distance of seaward views and, when visible, the three wind farm
developments will also tend to draw the eye towards the horizon line to the
east and the south. The high level of marine traffic also provides a series of
distant mobile foci which, on occasion, form a significant feature within
seaward views. To the rear of the viewpoint there is a series of detached
residential dwellings set back from the car park, all orientated towards the
North Sea.