GLENLORA WIND TURBINE - Renfrewshire Council

Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 9
1.1 Background to the development .............................................................. 9
1.2 Approach to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ...................... 11
1.3 Rationale for the project ........................................................................ 11
1.4 The Proposed Development ................................................................... 11
2 Site Selection Process ............................................................................. 14
3 Environmental Impact Assessment ......................................................... 14
3.1 Climate Change ...................................................................................... 15
3.2 Local Economic Effect ............................................................................. 15
3.3 Ecology/Fauna ........................................................................................ 16
3.4 Landscape & Visual Assessment ............................................................. 17
3.5 Noise ...................................................................................................... 18
3.6 Cultural Heritage/Archaeology ............................................................... 19
3.7 Surface and Groundwater Hydrology ..................................................... 20
3.8 Existing Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Television, Aviation and
Electromagnetic Safety ........................................................................... 22
3.9 Summary and Conclusions...................................................................... 22
3.10 Safety ..................................................................................................... 24
3.11 Items Scoped Out of Environmental Assessments .................................. 24
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