Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
Distance and Direction from the substation: 0.2km to the south
Receptor: Local Road Users
Designations: Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
Landscape Character Type: Estate Sandlands
Existing View
5.4.14. This viewpoint is located on Sizewell Gap road which leads to
Sizewell Beach. The view looks towards the site of the proposed
substation through a gap in the vegetation that aligns the road. The
land in the foreground of the view is under arable cultivation and
rises up to the area of woodland occupying part of the substation site.
A scrubby embanked field boundary extends from the foreground to
the middle distance of the view, rising towards the horizon. Overhead
wires extend across the open skyline in the foreground of the view
and in the middle distance of the view, pylon towers form a notable
vertical feature, with Sizewell Power Station visible on the horizon
beyond. Earthworks, machinery and site cabins associated with the
construction of the GGOWF onshore substation that can be seen in
Figure 2890/WF_DE/05 RevA have now been removed and the ground
landscaped, including new planting which, at present is small and not
clearly visible from this location. The existing GGOWF substation is
almost completely screened by the woodland on the skyline, but the
dark outline of a building can just be seen through the trees.
5.4.15. Whilst this viewpoint lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths
AONB, the existing baseline quality of the view is lowered by the
dominating presence of pylons and Sizewell Power Station.
Sensitivity of Visual Receptor
5.4.16. As receptors would predominantly be local road users, the sensitivity
of the receptor is judged to be Medium.