Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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Special Landscape Areas
6.3.5. There will be no direct changes to the SLAs, and no effects on the defining
elements, characteristics or attributes of the SLAs. Effects will be to distant
views of GWF from limited parts of the SLAs.
6.3.6. There will be little inter-visibility between the proposed WTGs of the GWF
and most of the Special Landscape Areas within the study area due to the
screening effects of coastal embankments, intervening vegetation and local
ridgelines in the wider landscape. There may, however, be some areas of very
limited visibility from a few elevated valley slopes immediately adjacent to
lower-lying marshland areas in the Special Landscape Areas associated with
the rivers and tributaries of the Minsmere, Alde, Deben and Ore. Where this
visibility occurs, the views towards the WTGs are likely be glimpsed and
partial in nature due to the screening effects of vegetation in the foreground
and middle distance of seaward views. Furthermore, where distant glimpsed
views of the WTGs can be seen, the WTGs will appear as distant elements on
the far distant horizon, whose additional presence will be barely perceptible
in the context of the existing distant views towards the GGOWF, visible in
the same sector of the seaward view. Given the distant nature and limited
extent of potential views towards the proposed WTGs, the anticipated
magnitude and overall significance of operational effect on the Special
Landscape Areas in the study area is considered to be Negligible. The
sensitivity of this landscape designation is judged to be Low. The overall
significance of operational effect upon the intrinsic character of the SLAs is
assessed as Negligible.
Historic Environment
6.3.7. This SLVIA makes reference to the historic environment in so far as it
contributes to landscape character. Chapter 19 (Archaeology) addresses
detailed effects on the setting of historic assets.
6.3.8. The offshore elements of GWF will not directly affect any onshore historic
assets and, due to the distance of the development from these assets, there
will be no prospect of effects upon intrinsic landscape character of them.
This section, therefore, only considers the potential effects upon the visual
attributes of character where these might potentially be affected
6.3.9. Of the Registered Historic Parks & Gardens located in the study area, Great
Glemham and Campsey Ashe are both located at some distance from the
coast and the proposed wind farm will not be visible from them. Of the
remaining Registered Historic Parks & Gardens, both the Town Hall Gardens
and the Cliff Gardens are located on the sea front of Felixstowe, with long
distance sea views available from elevated parts of Cliff Gardens. The