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areas will be required in order to enable consideration of all likely landscape and visual
effects.
5.4.24 The consultative draft study identifies the Upland Hill Fringes unit 2(ii) within which the
proposed windfarm is located as a medium sensitivity where some wind energy development
could be acceptable. Landscape accommodation is considered the most appropriate
objective (rather than landscape protection or landscape change), where suitably designed
wind energy developments which generally fit within the landscape could potentially be
accommodated even though they may have an impact on the landscape locally. Unit 2 (ii) is
assessed as having medium / low capacity. The key considerations for wind energy
developments within unit 2 (ii) are identified as cumulative effects with Blacklaw (including
approved extension), Pates Hill, Muirhall and possibly Tormywheel wind farms as well as
impacts on views from the A706 and the Fauldhouse Rail Core Path.
5.5 Conclusions
5.5.1 This Chapter has set out the relevant EU, UK and Scottish climate change and renewable
energy policy framework. It has identified the planning policies and material considerations
relevant to the determination of the proposed Camilty Wind Farm. A detailed assessment of
the acceptability of the proposed wind farm, in relation to the policies contained within this
chapter, is the subject of a separate supporting Planning Statement which will accompany the
planning application.
5.6 References
• BERR (Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) (2008), UK Energy
in Brief, [online]. Available at:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file46983.pdf
[Accessed 3 January 2013]
• City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Midlothian Council, West Lothian
Council (2004), Edinburgh and the Lothians Structure Plan 2015, [online]. Available
at: http://www.elsp.gov.uk/Downloads/ELSP_Approved_Complete_doc.pdf [Accessed
3 January 2013]
• David Tyldesley and Associates (2011) Consultative Draft Landscape Capacity Study
for Wind Energy Development in West Lothian, Final December 2011, [online[.
Available
at:
http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/downloaddoc/1799514/1841832/1875738/23305
56/LCS_windenergyinWL [Accessed 3 January 2011]
• DECC (2011), UK Renewable Energy Roadmap, [online]. Available at:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/meeting-energy-demand/renewableenergy/2167-uk-renewable-energy-roadmap.pdf
[Accessed 3 January 2013]
• DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) (2007), Meeting the Energy Challenge: A
White Paper on Energy, [online]. Available at: http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file39387.pdf
[Accessed 3 January 2013]
• Edinburgh and South East Scotland Strategic Development Planning Authority (2011),
Proposed Plan, [online]. Available at:
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