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south, and GGOWF and GWF to the east. WTGs in the East Anglia ONE site
are likely to be too distant to be visible. Travelling eastwards towards
GGOWF and GWF those developments will become gradually more
prominent. Passing by and east of GGOWF and GWF, those developments
will be the most prominent and the others will recede in views until, with
increasing distance, they become invisible; the exception to this will be
WTGs at the East Anglia ONE site might be visible to the north..
8.5.15. Vessels travelling north-south, for example, will pass the East Anglia ONE
site to the east first. Moving southwards GGOWF and GWF will become
closer to the vessels and they will become the most prominent developments
with Gunfleet Sands, London Array and Thanet wind farms seen in the
distance to the south and south-west. After passing GGOWF and GWF those
wind farms will gradually recede in views, the East Anglia ONE site is likely
to disappear from views, and Gunfleet Sands, London Array and Thanet will
become more prominent.
8.5.16. Cumulative effects of adding GWF to the existing and consented offshore
wind farms and the East Anglia ONE site will be as assessed for GWF alone in
paragraphs 7.4.19 to 7.4.21. In summary:
� For fishing, commercial, and industrial ships the magnitude of effect is,
at greatest, Medium for vessels closest to GWF, reducing to Low and
Negligible with increasing distance. As the workers on the ships would
have a generally Medium to Low sensitivity to the type of change
proposed, the significance of effect is assessed as Moderate to Negligible
depending on the proximity of the receptor to the WTGs.
� The magnitude and significance of effect due to the addition of the GWF
is judged as Negligible to recreational and sailing vessels within the areas
shown as ‘Sailing Areas’ and ‘Racing Areas’ on Figure 16.9 of Chapter 16
of the ES. However, there may be other recreational sailing vessels that
pass closer to GWF and these would experience a temporarily higher
magnitude of effect. For vessels that pass close to or within GWF,
cumulative effects due to the addition of the GWF will be as great as
Medium magnitude and Moderate significance.
� The overall magnitude of impact due to the addition of GWF to
passengers on cruising routes is judged as Low as it will be a temporary
visual impact seen within the context of the existing GGOWF, and for a
small proportion of the vessel’s overall route. In passing there is
potential for greater impacts (Medium magnitude) but for a short period
of time. The passengers on the cruising routes will have a Medium
sensitivity to the proposed change. The overall significance of effect is
considered to range from Moderate to Negligible depending on the
proximity of the receptor to the WTGs.