Design and Access Statement Site: Lyng Farm, NR20 4JE

Design and Access Statement
Site: Lyng Farm, NR20 4JE
The search identified one listed buildings within a 1Km radius of the proposed installation.
The Church of St Margaret (LB) is situated approximately 778 metres to the south west of the
proposed development with various fields, hedging, tall trees and Church Lane in the
intervening area between the two locations. A brief description of the church is provided
below;
TF 92 SW STANFIELD CHURCH LANE.
3/50 Church of 30.5.60 St. Margaret. G- I
Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. West tower,
aisleless nave with south porch and chancel. Early C14 west tower with one pair of diagonal
buttresses. 2-light cusped Y-traceried west window and 2-light plain Y-traceried bell-openings.
C14 porch consisting of arched entrance with dying moulding and carved label stops and
kneeler finials of mutilated kneeling figures. C14 nave doorways. 6 late Perpendicular, flatheaded,
3-light panel-traceried nave windows with straight hood moulds displaying finely
carved stops. C13 chancel with 3 remodelled lancets to north, one 3-light C19 east window in
Decorated style and 2 original lancets with one 2-light Y-traceried window to south. These
south windows have hood moulds. C14 chancel arch of 2 plain-chamfered orders on polygonal
responds with bell capitals. Chancel windows with nook shafts and deeply moulded scoinson
arches. Double piscina with trefoil arches. C17 communion rail with shaped board balusters
and patterned rails. C15 5-bay chancel screen with tracery and spandrel carvings. 2-deck pulpit
with an elaborately carved C17 polygonal box, an C18 tester and a later clerk's desk. 19 late
medieval poppy-head bench ends with animal arm rests. Plain octagonal font with a Jacobean
cover on turned balusters. Cock's-head hinges to-opening sides and simple scrolls above
supporting a ball finial. Fragments of medieval glass.
We conclude that the proposed development does not present a risk to biodiversity.
Noise Impact Assessment:
The turbine manufacturer has commissioned an independent noise report as part of the
accreditation procedures required to enable the equipment to qualify for the Feed-In Tariff
(FiT) scheme introduced on 1 April 2010. Appendix B details the noise impact assessment. The
distance to the garden boundary of the nearest neighbour is approximately 161 metres to the
west northwest of the installation. Various fields, tall trees and hedging are situated between
the turbine location and the neighbour and lead us to conclude that the neighbouring property
will not be adversely affected.
Environmental Impact:
The helical piles do minimal damage to the ground and any (under)ground dwelling animals, as
well as being easily retracted on decommissioning of the turbine. The mast is mounted on a
tripod which is located by three helical piles. These are inserted by rotation and can be
removed by the same method, leaving no residual structure. Disturbance to ground
vegetation is minimal and temporary in nature as a helical pile foundation system is used in
place of traditional concrete foundations. As a result, restoration of the site following decommissioning
is very low impact and existing flora in the area adjoining the site will be
retained.
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