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„The Environmental Statement should have regard for safety aspects,
particularly in relation to the nearby motorway, and include
consideration of topple distances, visibility, driver distraction…‟
11.7 The Highways Agency responded to the Scoping Request by supplying a
copy of their “Network Strategy Spatial Planning Advice Note: SP 04/07”
which provides advice on „planning applications for wind turbines sited
near to trunk roads‟.
11.8 In addition, a meeting was held with the Highways Agency on 2 nd
December 2008 in order to provide information on the proposed
development and the work carried out to date (e.g. the route access
study), and to obtain advice and agreement on the scope of the
assessment to be carried out.
ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE
11.9 The document “Guidance on Transport Assessments” (Department for
Transport (DfT), 2007) has been used for the construction traffic
assessment.
11.10 A Transport Assessment (TA) is a comprehensive and systematic process
that sets out transport issues relating to a proposed development and
identifies what measures will be taken to deal with the anticipated
transport impacts of a scheme. For smaller developments and specialised
cases with lesser transport impacts, a Transport Statement (TS), which is
a simplified Transport Assessment, can be produced instead. The type of
assessment used for the proposed development was decided once the
scale of the construction traffic had been identified.
METHODOLOGY
11.11 Potential effects as a result of the construction, operation and
decommissioning of the wind farm have been identified and assessed and
where relevant, mitigation measures have been recommended. This
assessment has been structured as shown in the “Guidance on Transport
Assessment” and the significance of potential effects has been assessed
in light of recognised thresholds stated in this guidance. This assessment
has the following structure:
Existing Site Information;
Baseline Transport Data;
Proposed Transport Data;
Visual Distraction (Driver Distraction); and
Mitigation and Residual Effects.
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Penny Hill Wind Farm
Environmental Statement