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Camilty Wind Farm
The Lockerbie to Livingston Railway Travelling North from Auchengray to Harburn
9.9.56 Views from the train at the southern end of this journey would theoretically include the
existing or consented schemes at Pates Hill, Muirhall and Extension, Upper Haywood,
Tormywheel and Black Law Extension. These wind farms would be visible in a landscape of
commercial forestry. Where Pates Hill and Muirhall are relatively close to the railway, these
schemes would become more prominent in views. As the train approaches Harburn, no
further views of wind farms would be gained.
9.9.57 Schemes in planning at Pearie Law and Harburnhead lie immediately adjacent to the railway
and would be dominant in some views, both to the north and south of the railway. The
Camilty proposed wind farm would be visible through the Harburnhead scheme as an
intensification of development. Fauch Hill would be prominent as a backdrop to these views.
The total length of line from which views of the wind farm in combination with at least one
other cumulative scheme would be gained, is approximately 1.25 km. The small magnitude of
change would result in a sequence of Slight effects, which over the length of the journey
would not be significant.
The Lockerbie to Livingston Railway Travelling South West from Livingston to Harburn
9.9.58 Views of the existing and consented schemes at Pates Hill and Tormywheel would be gained
for a large part of this section of the railway. Muirhall and Upper Haywood would be less
visible in the landscape due to landform and vegetation. Pearie Law, Harburnhead and
Fauch Hill would form a prominent series of wind farms stretching across the forestry
landscape to the base of the Pentland Hills. These schemes would be visible for a relatively
small amount of the journey. The proposed wind farm would be visible in combination with
primarily the three schemes in planning, with which it would be closely associated. The
scheme would visually fill the gap between Harburnhead and Fauch Hill when viewed from
the north. The visibility of the proposed wind farm, in combination with at least one of the
cumulative schemes, would be limited to approximately 1km of the railway between
Livingston and Harburn. The magnitude of change in these transient views would be small,
leading to Slight effects, which is not significant.
The Cauldstane Slap/Old Drove Road/Thieves Road Heritage Footpath
9.9.59 Views from this path as it descends the Pentland Ridge focus on the landscape to the north.
Oblique views of existing and consented schemes at Pates Hill and Tormywheel would be
possible from large parts of this section of the footpath. The schemes in planning at Fauch
Hill, Harburnhead and Pearie Law would also be visible in closer proximity to the viewer. The
Fauch Hill scheme in particular would be prominent on the lower slopes of the Pentland Hills,
extending wind farm development from the adjacent landscape into the upland landscape.
The proposed wind farm would be visible between Fauch Hill and Harburnhead and, together
with at least one other cumulative scheme, views would be possible from approximately 2.5
km of this route. The sensitivity of walkers using this path would be high and the magnitude
of change in view would be small, leading to a Moderate effect. An accumulation of
moderate effects throughout the walk would be significant in terms of the ES methodology.
Cumulative Effects of Wind Farms 35 to 60km from the Proposal Site
9.9.60 Cumulative wind farms within a zone between 35 km and 60 km from the proposal site total
95 schemes, with a further 15 schemes in scoping (see Figure 9.16). The majority of these
schemes are located to the south west of the site within South Lanarkshire, south of
March 2013 9-92 ES Chapter 9
Landscape and Visual
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