Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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views across the ancient shingle heaths towards the large, dense, steel
building used for world broadcasting and the associated finer, ethereallooking
radio masts. When visibility is good, there are also distant
northward views towards Aldeburgh, visible against an elevated wooded
skyline. To the south, in the middle and far distance, there are a series of
isolated military and maritime defence structures in various states of
disrepair and dereliction. When visibility is good, there are also very distant
southward views to the Naze promontory. To the west, there are views
inland towards the village of Orford and Orford Castle, seen in the distance
against an elevated and wooded hinterland backcloth.
Existing Sensitivity of View
5.8.19. The viewpoint includes far-reaching distant views to a diverse range of
distinctive and unusual landward and seaward features, set within a
landscape that is vast in scale and expansive, wild and isolated in character.
5.8.20. Receptors would predominantly be visitors to Orford Ness. The sensitivity of
the receptor is regarded, therefore, as High.
Viewpoint 6 - Shingle Street near Martello Tower
Grid reference 636605, 242533
Distance and Direction from GWF 37.0km to the west
Distance and Direction from
GGOWF
Distance and Direction from the
London Array Wind Farms
Distance and Direction from the
Gunfleet Sands Wind Farms
30.5km to the west
33.4km to the north
33.5km to the northeast
Receptor Visitors/Tourists/Residents
Designations
Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB,
Heritage Coast
Landscape Character Type Coastal Dunes and Shingle Ridges
Regional Seascape Unit Hollesley Bay