Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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scale of the panoramic views seen from the Centre, means that the
anticipated magnitude and significance of operational effect on visitors to the
Nature Trust Centre is considered to be Negligible.
7.4.13. There are a number of caravan sites and holiday parks set back from the coast
within the study area. These sites and parks, however, are commonly
enclosed by mature tree vegetation which will limit seaward views towards
the proposed WTGs.
7.4.14. Other inland visitor destinations beyond the immediate vicinity of the
coastal edge are also not anticipated to have many views towards the
proposed WTGs due to the screening effects of intervening vegetation and/or
landform.
Public Rights of Way
7.4.15. Users of public rights of way passing through the inland areas of the study
area are unlikely to have any prolonged views towards the WTGs of the
proposed GWF. There may, however, be some intermittent stretches with
very long distance views towards the proposed WTGs in a small number of
inland areas where public rights of way extend across open areas of elevated
farmland lying adjacent to lower-lying areas of marshland and mudflats.
Intervening vegetation in the wider landscape, however, will partially or
wholly screen these views in some places. Elsewhere, the proposed WTGs
will be seen in very distant views towards the seaward horizon line, behind
the WTGs of the GGOWF in the same relatively narrow sector of the view.
Given the distance of the proposed WTGs within these views, that they will
not be seen beyond the sector of seaward view already occupied by the
GGOWF and given the vastness of the overall panorama in which these views
towards the proposed WTGs will be experienced, the magnitude and overall
significance of operational effect on inland public rights of way is considered
to be Negligible.
7.4.16. The route of the Suffolk Coastal Path can be seen in Figure 01. Within the
study area it follows the coast northwards from the centre of Felixstowe up
until the mouth of the Butley River. Here, it diverts inland for approximately
15km before re-joining the coast between Aldeburgh and Thorpeness. It then
continues to follow the coast until just north of Southwold where it diverts
inland once again. The magnitude and significance of operational effect on
the inland extents of the Suffolk Coastal Path are judged to be Negligible for
the same reasons as other public rights of way passing through the inland
extents of the study area. Along the coastline, there will be open views
towards the proposed WTGs where the route of the path extends directly
along the coast edge, namely, along the eastern extents of cliffs, on the
seaward side of dunes, along the top or on the seaward side of coastal defence