Forthbank Wind Energy Development - Partnerships for Renewables

Forthbank Wind Energy Development
Consultees
Falkirk Council
Stirling Council
Clackmannanshire
Council
Discussion
Forthbank + Greenknowes.
In their email from 9 July 2010 Falkirk Council agreed with chosen viewpoints and requested
some additional viewpoints to be included into the assessment (South Alloa, Shieldhill, Falkirk
Wheel) and provided up to date data about cumulative wind energy developments within
Falkirk Council area.
In their email from 20 July 2010 Stirling Council agreed with the chosen viewpoints and they
suggested additional viewpoints in the Ochil Hills (Dumyat) and routes for assessment of
sequential/cumulative effects (M9, A91, A873, A84, A811, A905).
In their email from 19 Sep 2010 Clackmannanshire Council gave suggestions with regard to the
viewpoints: VP1 – Papermill to be replaced by a view from the new section of the A876. As it
would duplicate the view from VP2 – Kennet Pans the replacement viewpoint was taken from
the A977 to the north; VP 13 - Ben Ever was replaced by Ben Cleuch; VP17 - Wee Torry was
replaced by the summit of Dumyat; the VP4 - Alloa Tower should be supplemented by a view
form the residential area to the south south-east of the Tower.
The Council asked the development team to consider viewpoint from Castle Campbell, Dollar
or the housing area to the north of Dollar eg Tarmangie Drive and from the M9 west of Junction
8 from where there are views towards the Ochil Hills.
In terms of the proposed layout Clackmannanshire Council highlighted that the Council owns
the land to the north of the site that would contain the proposed group of 3 turbines.
“Given the EIA process includes the consideration of alternatives, the potential availability of
part or all of this land may be an issue that needs to be addressed.” Council would be
interested in whether the proposed layout may have been different if the land on the attached
plan had been in the control of the Council when the scheme was first designed.
9.2.7 The relevant scoping advice and opinion letters from SNH and local authorities are presented
in the Appendix 3.1 Scoping Report and Responses.
Desktop Study
9.2.8 A preliminary appraisal of the baseline landscape and visual characteristics of the site and
study area was carried out through a desktop study. The following sources were reviewed in
this process.
Technical Information
9.2.9 Baseline technical information supplied by PfR and Project Team relating to the proposal, such
as proposed turbine models; operations during construction and de-commissioning; location
and form of the substation etc has been used. A detailed project description is included in
Chapter 4; ‘Project Description’.
Ordnance Survey Maps
• Explorer Map (scale 1:25 000) No 366 Stirling & Ochil Hills West;
• Explorer Map (scale 1:25 000) No 367 Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy & Glenrothes South;
• Explorer Map (scale 1:25 000) No 348 Campsie Fells; and
• Explorer Map (scale 1:25 000) No 349 Falkirk, Cumbernauld & Livingstone.
Landscape Character Assessments
• ASH Consulting Group, (1998), Clackmannanshire landscape character
assessment, Scottish Natural Heritage Review No 96;
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