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Forthbank Wind Energy Development
• integrating well with the built form and landscape character of its immediate
surroundings;
• ensure that the form, scale, layout and materials reflect and, where possible,
enhance the character of the surrounding area; and
• protecting and enhancing the landscape, woodland, habitat and watercourse
resources within and around the site.
Contaminated Land
5.4.35 The Local Plan encourages and promotes the re-use of contaminated sites where appropriate.
5.4.36 Policy EN14: Contaminated Land provides that the Council will only permit development on,
or in the vicinity of land that is known to be, or may be, unstable, contaminated, or affected by
landfill gas where the Council is satisfied that the actual or potential risk can be overcome.
Landscape and the Countryside
5.4.37 The Local Plan identifies that Clackmannanshire’s countryside is important in landscape,
wildlife, recreational and employment terms and is sensitive to change.
5.4.38 Policy EN18: Development in the Countryside restricts new development in the countryside
to necessarily rural based activities which should then be assessed against a number of
criteria that require to be met including:
• where the proposed new use would not have a significant adverse impact on nearby
uses or be adversely affected by existing nearby uses;
• the design, scale and siting of the new development respects the character of the
surrounding countryside; and
• there is no harm to the amenities of adjacent land users.
5.5 Summary
5.5.1 This chapter has set out the relevant EU, UK and Scottish climate change and renewable
energy policy framework and identified the relevant planning policies and material
considerations relevant to the determination of the proposed wind energy development. A
detailed assessment of the acceptability of the proposed wind energy development in line with
these policies is contained within the separate supporting Planning Statement which
accompanies the planning application.
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