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LDP11 Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Assessment for Onshore Wind Turbine Development
12. APPENDIX 5
LDP11 Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Assessment for Onshore Wind Turbine Development
1. Executive Summary
Background
Table 1.5: Wind Energy Development Typologies
Aim of the Study
Policy NTE/4 – THE LANDSCAPE AND PROTECTING SPECIAL LANDSCAPE AREAS
Policy NTE/7 – ONSHORE WIND TURBINE DEVELOPMENT
Study Objectives
Methodology
Evaluation of Landscape Units and Their Sensitivity for Wind Energy Development
Table 4.1: Summary of Sensitivity
Evaluation of Landscape Strategy Areas and Capacity Assessments
Table 5.1: Summary of Strategy Areas and Overall Sensitivity
Guidance for Wind Energy Development Within Strategy Areas
Conclusion
How to Use This Report
Sensitivity of Development Location
Guide to using the Landscape Sensitivity & Capacity Assessment to Wind Energy Development Report
2. SECTION 1: BACKGROUND
Planning and Policy Framework
Technical Advice Notes
Table 1.1: Extracts from LANDMAP Information Guidance Note 3
Local Policy Context
Clwyd Landscape Assessment 1995 - Useful Historical Data (covering Conwy & Denbighshire)
Snowdonia Local Development Plan 2011-2022 (covering Snowdonia National Park)
Seascape Assessment of Wales (covering Conwy & Denbighshire)
Approach to the Study
Structure of the Report
3. SECTION 2: METHODOLOGY
Stage One: Assessment Framework
Data Sources
LANDMAP
Definition of the Study Area and Scale of Mapping
Scale of Mapping
Landscape and Visual Sensitivity Criteria
Table 1.2: Definition of Sensitivity
Table 1.3: Criteria for Assessing Landscape and Visual Sensitivity to Wind Energy Development
Table 1.4: Source of Data Relevant to the Sensitivity Criteria
Stage Two – Assessing Landscape and Visual Sensitivity
Baseline Assessment
Assessing the Sensitivity of Landscape Units (LUs)
Field Survey
Combining Landscape Units into Landscape Strategy Areas
Stage Three – Assigning Landscape Strategies and Developing Siting and Design Guidance
Wind Energy Development Typologies
Table 1.5: Wind Energy Development Typologies
Landscape Objective + Indicative Overall Capacity = Landscape Strategy
Indicative Landscape Capacity
Siting and Design Guidance in Relation to Potential Landscape and visual Impacts of Wind Energy Development
4. SECTION 3: BASELINE LANDSCAPE OF CONWY
LANDSCAPE CHARACTER BASELINE
Clwyd Landscape Assessment 1995 – Broad Landscape Character
A Countryside Strategy for Conwy 1998-2003 – Broad Landscape Character
Mapping Base for the Conwy and Denbighshire Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Study
Protected Landscapes
National Parks
Open Access Land
Registered Historic Landscapes (Wales)
Registered Parks and Gardens
Heritage Coast
Areas of Outstanding Beauty
Conwy Special Landscape Areas
Operational and Consented Wind Energy Developments
Comment on Potential Cumulative Visual Effects
Comment on Potential Cumulative Landscape Effects
5. SECTION 4: EVALUATION OF LANDSCAPE UNITS AND THEIR SENSITIVITY TO WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Table 4.1: Summary of Sensitivity
Approach to Evaluating Landscape Units
A3 Lowland Hills
A4 Coastal and Estuarine Flats (Prestatyn to Abergele)
A5 Coastal and Estuarine Flats (Colwyn Bay)
A6 Vale Farmlands (Vale of Clwyd)
A8 Coastal Landscape Unit (Penmaenmawr to Llanfairechan)
B2 Deep Valleys (Aled and Elwy)
B7 Conwy Valley
C4 Limestone Farmlands (Abergele to Denbigh Coastal/Vale hills)
C9 Limestone Escarpment and Hills
C10 Great Orme and Creuddyn Peninsular
D1 Aled Hiraethog Hills (West)
D2 Hill Forest (Clocaenog Forest)
D3 Cerrig Uplands
D4 Maerdy Hills
D5 Edeirnion Hills
D8 Upland Plateau
D10 Moorland Plateau (Denbigh Moors)
D11 Moorland Plateau
D15 Moorland Ridge
D16 Marginal Upland (East Conwy Valley)
6. SECTION 5: EVALUATION OF LANDSCAPE STRATEGY AREAS AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS
Table 5.1: Summary of Strategy Areas and Overall Sensitivity
Approach to Evaluating Landscape Strategy Areas
Strategy Area 2 - Vale of Clwyd
Strategy Area 3 - South Clwydian Hills
Strategy Area 7 - Clocaenog Forest
Strategy Area 8 - Cerrig Uplands
Strategy Area 9 - Denbigh Moors
Strategy Area 10 – Rhos Hills
Strategy Area 11 – Elwy Valley
Strategy Area 12 – Conwy Valley
Strategy Area 13 – North West Conwy Coast
Strategy Area 14 – Colwyn Coast
Strategy Area 15 – Coastal Flats
7. SECTION 6: GUIDANCE FOR WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN STRATEGY AREAS
Choice of Turbines
Factors Relating to Turbines
Factors Relating to Location
Siting and Design Factors
Cumulative Considerations
8. APPENDIX 1
9. APPENDIX 2
10. APPENDIX 3
11. APPENDIX 4
Table A4.1 – Operational and Consented Onshore Wind Energy Developments (Source data up to end of March 2013)
Table A4.2: Operational and Consented Offshore Wind Energy Developments (Source data up to end of March 2013)
Table A4.3: Other Wind Energy Development Proposals (Source data up to end of March 2013)
Figure 1: Clwyd Landscape Assessment - Landscape Character Types
Figure 2: Broad Landscape Character and Landscape Units
Figure 3: Landscape and Cultural Heritage Designations / Constraints
Figure 4: Operational and Consented Wind Energy Developments (March 2013)
Figure 5: Landscape Units
Figure 6: Landscape Strategy Areas
Figure 7: Landscape Units and Strategy Areas
Figure 8: Landscape Strategy for Wind Energy Development
Figure 9: Comparative Turbine Heights
12. APPENDIX 5
Plans Illustrating the Topography of the Study Area
13. APPENDIX 6
14. APPENDIX 7
Glossary & Definitions
Table A7.1: Glossary Table
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Plans Illustrating the Topography of the Study Area
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