Supporting Documentation - Renfrewshire Council

2. Site Information and Planning Assessment
2.1 Site and Environment
The plan below illustrates the area of land ownership of the Farm, consisting of 37 fields with a combined
site area of 258.58 hectares.
Figure 2: Site Location Plan
Land Ownership Boundaries supplied by ILI
The surrounding land use is agricultural, with plantation forestry approximately 881m to the Southeast of
the proposed turbine location. Caplaw Dam Reservoir is located approximately 786m the East from the
proposed turbine location, with Old Patrick Water located approximately 831m to the Southeast were it
feeds the Caplaw Dam Reservoir. There is also a small drainage channel to the Northwest. To the
Northeast is a large electricity substation approximately 2.5km away, with seven high voltage lines and
associated high rise pylons heading to the South and Southeast, and two further high voltage lines
heading to the Northwest. Further to the Northeast, is Gleniffer Braes Country Park. There are numerous
telecommunications masts in the area.
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