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Visual Assessment of Wind Farms – Best Practice, University of
Newcastle (for Scottish Natural Heritage), 2002.
CONSULTATION
10.11 Consultation was undertaken with both statutory and non-statutory
consultees, both at the scoping stage and as part of the assessment
process. The main responses are summarised in Table 10.1.
Table 10.1 Consultation Responses
Consultee Response
South Yorkshire Archaeology
Advisory Service
Highlighted the potential for unknown archaeological
remains to survive within the site. Emphasised the need
to consider indirect (primarily visual) effects, and asked
that cumulative effects be assessed. Asked for initial
geophysical survey and reserved right to require
additional (intrusive) pre-determination evaluation,
dependant on the results of the geophysics survey.
English Heritage Drew attention to the guidance contained in Wind
Energy and the Historic Environment.
DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT AND WALKOVER SURVEY
10.12 A desk-based assessment was undertaken by Archaeological Services,
West Yorkshire Archaeology Service (ASWYAS), which used readily
available documentary, cartographic and photographic evidence, to inform
the baseline condition of the site. A site visit and walkover by an
experienced archaeologist was undertaken in June 2008 to validate the
data gained as part of the desk-based assessment, and to identify (and if
appropriate, record) any previously unrecorded cultural heritage features
within the boundary. The Desk-Based Assessment Report was completed
in July 2008 and is presented as Technical Report A10.1 (Appendix 6 of
this ES).
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
10.13 A geophysical (magnetometer) survey was carried out over the footprint of
the proposed development by ASWYAS. This was commenced in
December 2008 and completed in January 2009. This included a 20m
wide corridor over the access tracks, approximately 0.5ha coverage of the
construction compound and substation control building location, and a 1ha
area approximately centred at each turbine location (to allow for full
coverage of a potential 50m micro-siting condition). The purpose was to
allow a rapid scan of the whole proposed development footprint to inform
on the potential for unknown remains to survive and to determine the
extent of any such remains. The information obtained has also informed
the mitigation statement presented in paragraph 10.101 and subsequent
text. The results are presented in a report presented as Technical Report
A10.2 (Appendix 6).
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