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4.3.6 The vegetation on the remainder of the application area and the landscape surrounding the
site are discussed in more detail in Chapter 11 (Ecology) and Chapter 9 (LVIA), respectively.
Nearest Residential Properties
4.3.7 The nearest residential properties to the proposed turbine sites are within Riverside View
(Alloa), which lie approximately 460m to the north of Turbine 1.
4.3.8 The distances of the closest residential properties to the proposed wind energy development
are detailed in Table 4.1 below.
Table 4.1 Nearest Residential Properties
Property
Position Relative
to Site
Nearest Turbine Distance to Site
Boundary (m)
Distance to Nearest
Turbine (m)
Riverside View (Alloa) North 1 170 468
Park Farm East 3 280 833
Inch of Ferryton Southeast 4 710 902
Craigrie Northeast 3 770 1,190
Arns East 4 870 1,330
Parkmill North 1 910 1,100
Dunmore Home Farm Southwest 2 940 1,030
South Kersie West 1 1730 1,820
4.3.9 The nearest settlements are Alloa (0.17km north of the application boundary), South Alloa
(0.95km west of the site), Clackmannan (approximately 1.1km east of the site at its nearest
point, and 1.45km to the main street), and Dunmore (0.9km south). Further afield are Kennet
(2km southeast), Kincardine (3.8km southeast at its closet point), Airth (2.4km southwest), and
Throsk (3.15km west).
4.4 Purpose and Objective
4.4.1 As identified in Chapter 1, the purpose of the scheme is the generation of electricity. If four
2.5MW turbines are constructed they are expected to generate approximately 26.28GWh of
renewable energy per year. This is equivalent to the amount of energy used annually by
approximately 5,710 average households and avoids 11,300 tonnes of C0 2 equivalent
emissions per year. Chapter 6 provides the basis for calculating the household energy and
CO 2 emission figures noted.
4.5 Candidate Wind Turbines
4.5.1 The final selection of a turbine type will be subject to a competitive tendering exercise following
the grant of planning permission (a diagram illustrating the structure of a typical wind turbine is
shown as Figure 4.1). The site has been designed to accommodate turbines of approximately
2.5MW.
4.5.2 For the purposes of this assessment a turbine of the horizontal axis type with a rotor consisting
of three blades, each approximately 45m in length. Figure 4.1 illustrates the dimensions of the
turbine. The blades are mounted to the wind turbine nacelle, at a height of approximately 80m,
thus giving a maximum height to vertical blade tip of 125m. Accordingly, the landscape and
visual assessment was based on these parameters. For the purposes of the noise modelling,
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