Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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between the proposed and existing schemes and the distances of both
schemes from the coastline resulting in them appearing as a single distant
feature on the horizon line.
10.3.2. The magnitude of effect on views from the majority of the coastline within
the study area is reduced by the distance of the WTGs from visual receptors
along the coast and the relatively recessive nature of most of the WTGs of the
proposed GWF in relation to the WTGs of the GGOWF. The magnitude of
effect on views is further reduced due to the degree of overlap between the
existing and proposed schemes, the relative lack of perceptible increase in
WTG density and the limited degree of additional spread of WTGs on the
horizon line.
10.3.3. The magnitude and extent of visual effects is at its greatest in views from the
coast north of the approximate location where the Butley River meets the
River Ore, 5km southwest of Orford Ness, up to approximately Thorpeness,
where the locations of the WTGs of the proposed and existing schemes
relative to the angle of view from the coast will result in the a perceptible
increase in the overall spread of WTGs visible on the distant horizon line.
The distance of the WTGs from this 15 to 20km length of coastline and the
peripheral position of the WTGs within the field of seaward view from the
coast north of Orford Ness, however, will combine to reduce the visual effects
of this additional WTG spread. In views towards the WTGs along the coast
south of where the Butley River meets the River Ore, approximately 5km
southwest of Orford Ness, the magnitude and extent of visual effect decreases,
for whilst the WTGs will shift to become more of a central focus in seaward
views, they gradually become more distant as the coastline moves away from
GWF. Furthermore, the perceived visual increase in WTG spread on the
horizon line arising from the proposed GWF will be notably less than that
seen in views from the coast north of Orford Ness.
10.3.4. The existing visual prominence of built elements sited intermittently along
the coastline of the study area, including the developed and industrialised
foreshore associated with the Port of Felixstowe in the south of the study area
and Sizewell power station in the north of the study area, combine with other
prominent military and maritime features along the coast edge to help
reduce the visual effects of the WTGs. This, combined with the very limited
area of visual exposure experienced throughout the inland extents of the
study area means the overall effect on the visual amenity of the study area is
considered to be of Negligible magnitude and significance, with only visual
receptors along the 15 to 20km section of coast north and south of Orford
Ness experiencing a greater level of effect. Receptors within the 15 to 20km
section of coast between approximately the Butley River and Thorpeness
could experience effects of Low to Negligible magnitude and Minor
significance.