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6.658 Therefore there would be a moderate effect on the visual amenity of a
small number of locations on the footpaths which run around the Country
Park. However, there would be no effect on the visual amenity
experienced within the majority of the Country Park, including the view
from the visitor centre and main car park.
6.659 The Penny Hill development would not be visible from Rother Valley
Country Park and therefore there would be no effect on this resource.
6.660 There would be no greater than a slight effect on visual amenity
experienced from any historic viewpoints such as at Wentworth
Woodhouse or Roche Abbey.
CUMULATIVE EFFECTS
6.661 At the time of preparing this report, there are 13 other wind farms either in
operation, under construction, in the planning system or at scoping stage
within 40km of the Penny Hill site. These are identified in Appendix 13.1
and illustrated on Figure 6.1.
6.662 It is noted that four of these sites (namely Royd Moor, Hazelhead, Spicer
Hill and Blackstone Edge) are all clustered around the village of Crow
Edge 30-35km from the Penny Hill site in a north westerly direction. These
sites lie on the opposite side of Broomhead Moor (high land in the northern
part of the Peak District). As such there is very little potential for the
turbines at Penny Hill to be seen in conjunction with these four sites. The
only potential location where both sites would be visible is on top of the
moor itself from which the view towards the Penny Hill site is across the
urban conurbations of Sheffield and Rotherham. These sites have
therefore been scoped out of the cumulative impact assessment.
6.663 A further three of the sites (namely Aire and Calder, Tweed Bridge and
Westfield Lane) are located 30-35km north to north east of the site within
the Wakefield and East Riding of Yorkshire Districts. Based on our site
visits undertaken as part of this study, it is clear that the intervening land
between Penny Hill and these three sites is relatively low lying with no
notable high points which would enable a clear view in both directions at
the same time. The sites have also therefore been scoped out of the
assessment.
6.664 Similarly, another of the sites (namely Lyndhurst) is located over 30km
south east of the site on the southern side of Mansfield. For the same
reasons outlined above this site has also been scoped out of the
assessment.
6.665 This leaves five sites which are considered further in the cumulative
impact assessment. The first site is the Advanced Manufacturing
Research Centre (AMRC), approximately 5km west of the proposed Penny
Hill site, where two wind turbines are already operational and the third is
about to be commissioned. Although originally submitted as two separate
applications of two turbines and one turbine, both have been consented
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Penny Hill Wind Farm
Environmental Statement