Haddockston Golf Course Extension EIA Scoping Report

Site appraisal of local landscape character zones and the key landscape, ecological and cultural components
determining them. Site recording involving annotation of Ordnance Survey plans supported by a photographic
record of the area;
Description of local landscape character areas including analysis of their quality, value and sensitivity to change;
and
Assessment of the change to identified landscape receptors, their setting, and on local landscape character, scenic
quality and value related as a result of the development proposals. The analysis will take into account any
mitigation measures.
6.4.7 The visual effects relate to the changes in character of the available views resulting from the development
and the changes in the visual amenity of the visual receptors. The methodology for the visual assessment will be as
follows:
The existing baseline condition would be described as a result of site visits and extensive photography.
A Zone of Theoretical Visual Impact (ZTVI) would be established to identify the theoretical visual envelope based
on a digital terrain model. This would be tested on site;
A representative series of viewpoints would be established from within the ZTVI taking into account the various
types of receptors including residential (most sensitive), travellers (users of roads and railways), industrial sites or
employment areas (least sensitive). They would also include recreational sites where people gather to enjoy
specific views, historical sites and other tourist destinations, and cover foreground and background viewpoints, low
and elevated viewpoints, and from all directions;
The degree of change to the view would then be assessed; and
The resultant effect would be determined as a consequence of the sensitivity of the receptor and the degree of
change to the view.
Areas within the wider landscape which afford views of the development site will be determined, and the
contribution of the site to those views described.. The change in public and private views as a result of the
development will be described and visual impacts assessed.
6.4.8 Photomontages for three of the most important views would be prepared to give an indication of the nature
and scale of the landscape and visual impacts.
6.4.9 The landscape and visual assessment will be undertaken in general accordance with the following
documents:
Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA) (Institute of Environmental Management and
Assessment: IEMA and the Landscape Institute; 2002);
Cost Effective Landscapes: Learning from Nature (CEL:LfN) (The Scottish Office; 1998);
6.4.10 Given the nature of the existing site and its predominantly rural location to the west of the village of
Kilmacolm Renfrewshire, the appraisal will focus on the significant landscape and visual effects of the scheme with
reference to any lighting impacts which may be anticipated.
6.4.11 Site based assessments will identify and evaluate the likely landscape and visual constraints of the
application site and the surrounding area, and these will guide the extent, scale and massing of development on the
site and the extent, location and nature of landscape mitigation measures.
6.4.12 Consultations will be held with statutory consultees (landscape officer within Renfrewshire Council, SNH and
Historic Scotland) and other non-statutory bodies to supplement the desk study and data collection as well as to gain
local professional opinion on the likely impacts of the proposed development and agree the approach to impact
mitigation.
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