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receptor are considered as part of this assessment for onshore receptors. This
is because, beyond these distances, cumulative effects will be Negligible. The
cumulative effects of potential development within the East Anglia ONE site
are only assessed for offshore receptors.
8.2.6. No location or design information is available on development within the
remainder of the East Anglia Round 3 zone and thus it is not possible to
undertake a meaningful cumulative assessment that considers the potential
effects arising from the zone in combination with GWF. However,
observations on the potential cumulative effects are discussed.
8.2.7. At the time of undertaking this assessment, there were no other known
additional offshore or onshore wind farm schemes registered in the planning
system, located within the 45km study area, which would otherwise need to
be considered in the cumulative assessment.
8.2.8. The following scenario is therefore assessed in Sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 -
GWF plus existing and consented schemes, and also for potential wind farm
development within the East Anglia ONE site (although no scheme details
are currently available for the East Anglia ONE site so the assessment is made
assuming that the whole site could be filled with WTGs). This is effectively
the effects for GWF alone, but this section of the assessment pays specific
attention to how GWF may add to the effects already arising from existing
schemes, and those predicted to arise from approved schemes and the East
Anglia ONE site.
8.2.9. In addition, observations on potential cumulative effects of GWF and the
East Anglia Round 3 zone are made in Section 8.7.
8.2.10. Receptors that are considered to receive effects of Negligible magnitude from
GWF are not included in this assessment, as an effect of such low magnitude
manifestly adds nothing or very little regardless of the distribution of other
developments. If significant cumulative effects arise on those receptors, they
would be as a result of other developments and as such are not relevant for
consideration as part of this application.
8.3. Cumulative Landscape Effects
8.3.1. In the context of the existing and consented baseline GWF has been assessed
as having Negligible effects on designated landscapes and landscape
character types. Cumulative effects on designated landscapes and landscape
character due to the addition of GWF will, therefore, be Negligible.