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The proposed development is for a single turbine which has a tip height of 45.9m and is of reduced size and capacity in comparison to turbines currently installed within wind farms which may have tip heights of 100m-120m. It consequently has reduced visual impact. The effect of visual impact is discussed within Section 3.6 and turbine visualisations have been prepared and are contained within the Appendices. Noise levels are described within Section 3.7 as is the effect of shadow flicker in Section 3.9. Associated separation distances are graphically displayed in the Appendices. The proposed development is sympathetic to its environment and there will be no significant, unacceptable adverse impact, or adverse cumulative impact from the development. Its size and capacity are suited for community wind energy projects and farm diversification. Farming can continue at the proposed site and the proposal is compatible with encouraging diversification among the farming community in rural Renfrewshire. POLICY ENV 3: Local Designations: Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) The Council will protect and where possible enhance SINCs, and, where appropriate, promote links between SINCs which will act as wildlife corridors. However, the Council recognises that some of the identified SINCs coincide with sites which are regarded as being suitable for development through Local Plan policies and where there is a presumption in favour of development. Development proposals for sites covered by the SINC designation will be assessed, therefore, against the following criteria. (a) The social and economic benefits of the development proposal. (b) Any adverse impact on the nature conservation interest of the site being acceptable to the Council. (c) The provision of satisfactory compensatory nature conservation benefits. The above would also apply to SINCs identified and approved in the future by the Council. Response to ENV 3 Land to the North of Hartfield Farm and Caplaw Dam contain areas identified as SINCs. The proposed turbine location will be microsited to be outside such designated areas. The proposed turbine will be microsited in response to the need to protect the habitat within the SINC. The access road will not cross the SINC. The proposed development is sympathetic to its environment and there will be no significant, unacceptable adverse impact, or adverse cumulative impact from the development. Its size and capacity are suited for community wind energy projects and farm diversification. Farming can continue at the proposed site and the proposal is compatible with encouraging diversification among the farming community in rural East Renfrewshire, in accordance with the East Renfrewshire Rural Development Strategy 2008 - 2013. POLICY GB1: Green Belt The Council will protect the Glasgow & the Clyde Valley Green Belt within Renfrewshire as defined on the Proposals Map. Acceptable forms of development in the Green Belt will be limited to those falling into the categories 1 to 13. Category 13, Renewable Energy Developments, will be subject to provisions of POLICY Ren1. Waterman Group, Renewable Energy, 2/4 Canning Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 8ER T:0131 221 7020 11 K:\Projects\CIV12920_ILI Windfarms_Batch 7\CIV12920_XXX_Hartfield Farm\Documents\Reports\CIV12920_1202xx_Hartfield_Supporting Turbine Assessment_225kW.docx
3. Technical Assessment 3.1 Site Topography The application site bounds a gently sloping hill, rising from a ground level of approximately 185m above ordnance datum (AOD) in the North with the hillside rising up to a level of approximately 220m AOD in the centre of the site. A drainage channel is present in the North with the ground described as boggy in OS Map close to what was described as Whittliemuir Midton Loch. It appears unlikely that there will be any significant development constraints linked to site topography, and these works would be classed as common civil and structural engineering issues which are controlled by Planning Policy Guidelines (PPG). 3.2 Geology and Hydrogeology The British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale (solid and drift) map indicates that the site is underlain by Devensian Till. Till (Boulder Clay) is usually described as a heterogeneous mixture of stiff to hard clay, sand, gravel and boulders varying widely in size and shape. Superficial deposits are underlain by Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation of Strathclyde Group. Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation comprises of lavas, tuffs and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks with a wide range of compositions. These are mainly basaltic and trachytic rocks. Given the geology of the site, it is unlikely that any past mineral extraction has taken place beneath the site. From the information currently available to the Coal Authority, a mining report is not required for this site. The superficial deposits would be classified as a locally important aquifer. BGS Hydrogeological Map of Scotland indicates that the site is in a region underlain by impermeable rocks, generally without groundwater, except at shallow depth. In conclusion, no significant geological or hydrogeological constraints have been identified for this site, and therefore, pose no constraint to development Waterman Group, Renewable Energy, 2/4 Canning Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 8ER T:0131 221 7020 12 K:\Projects\CIV12920_ILI Windfarms_Batch 7\CIV12920_XXX_Hartfield Farm\Documents\Reports\CIV12920_1202xx_Hartfield_Supporting Turbine Assessment_225kW.docx
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Page 7 and 8: 3.14 Wind Resource Assessment .....
Page 9 and 10: 1.3 The Applicant Intelligent Land
Page 11 and 12: 2.2 Designation Review/Ecology 2.2.
Page 13 and 14: Otters SPECIES LOCATION EUROPEAN OT
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Page 25 and 26: 3.8 Vibration The Dunlaw study was
Page 27 and 28: 3.10.2 Access Access to the turbine
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Page 31 and 32: Table 4: Operational Wind Farms NAM
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Page 37 and 38: 5. Summary This site has been consi
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Page 51 and 52: Wireframe Waterman, Renewable Energ
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