environmental statement - Rotherham's Online Application for ...

1. INTRODUCTION
THIS DOCUMENT
1.1 This document forms the Environmental Statement accompanying
the application for planning permission made by Banks Renewables Ltd
(the Applicant) to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to develop the
Penny Hill Wind Farm. The proposal site is located on farmland to the
west of the M1 and M18 interchange south of Rotherham, to the east of
the village of Ulley.
1.2 The preparation of the Environmental Statement has been co-ordinated on
behalf of the Applicant by TNEI Services Ltd. Detailed assessments of
potential environmental effects have been undertaken by TNEI Services
Ltd and other specialised consultants.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT STRUCTURE
1.3 The Environmental Statement (ES) describes the proposal and reports the
findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The ES consists
of the following documents:
Non-Technical Summary – describing the proposal and summarising
the findings of the EIA;
Main Text and Figures – providing a detailed description of the
proposal and its potential effects, reporting the findings of the EIA and
providing other relevant background information;
Appendices - containing information on consultation and relevant
detailed reports of the sub-contractors; and
Visualisations – containing the visualisations at A3 size prepared to
accompany the landscape and visual assessment, including
photomontage and wire frame diagrams from selected viewpoints.
1.4 In addition, a Design & Access Statement and a Planning Statement in
support of the application have been prepared. Copies of these statements
form part of the planning application submission, although they do not form
part of the formal ES.
1.5 The Non Technical Summary, ES, ES Drawings, Appendices, Design &
Access Statement and Planning Statement are presented in a single
volume in an A4 sized ring bound folder. The landscape and visual impact
assessment visualisations are presented in a separate bound A3 volume.
1.6 This ES is split into three parts:
Part 1 – Describes the EIA process, the policy background, the site and
the proposed development;
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Penny Hill Wind Farm
Environmental Statement