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Camilty Wind Farm
10.5.114 HB numbers 14145 Brewery House, 70 Main Street, 14147 29 Bank Street, 14149 41, 43, 47
Bank Street, 14150 Torphichen Arms Hotel, Bank Street and 14154 Calder Steading are all
listed at Category B and are also located within the built development of Mid Calder. All but
the last of these listed building are located within the Conservation Area.
10.5.115 Although the listed buildings nominally lie within the ZTV, the built development around them
is inward looking with few views outwards towards the proposed wind farm. The settings of
the listed buildings primarily comprise each other and the remainder of the built development
of Mid Calder. The assets are of medium and high importance. There would be no physical
effect on the assets, nor any effect on their setting. The level of effect is therefore assessed
as no change. The effect of the proposed wind farm on the listed buildings is none.
10.5.116 There is a considerable amount of built development around the Mid Calder conservation
area. This and its relatively well wooded nature constrains its setting and would restrict views
outwards towards the proposed wind farm. The setting of the conservation area primarily
comprises the reminder of Calder Wood and the built development of the wider area. Given
that it contains a number of very important buildings, the asset is of high importance. There
would be no physical effect on the asset There would be an effect on its setting which would
be detectable but which would not fundamentally or materially compromise the ability to
understand the setting. The level of effect is therefore assessed as small and at the low end
of that scale. The effect of the proposed wind farm on the conservation area is slight adverse.
Other Designations
10.5.117 There are no GDLs between 5 and 10 km of the proposed wind farm within the ZTV
10.5.118 There are no Registered Battlefields or World Heritage Sites within 10 km of the proposed
wind farm, either within or outside the ZTV.
10.5.119 The World Heritage Site at New Lanark is located some 22 km south-west of the proposed
wind farm at its nearest point. It lies almost entirely outside the ZTV. The small parts of the
WHS within the ZTV are located near Bonnington Mains, some 23 km south-west of the
boundary of the proposed wind farm, and Parkhead on the west side of the river valley, some
25 km south-west of the boundary of the proposed wind farm.
10.5.120 In practice, much of the area nominally within the ZTV at Parkhead would not have views of
the proposed wind farm because of belt planting in the field boundaries. The area near
Bonnington Mains is more open, although intervening woodland would reduce views towards
the proposed wind farm.
10.5.121 The WHS is of high importance. There would be no physical effect on the asset. There would
be an effect on its setting but it would be virtually unchanged. The level of effect is therefore
assessed as negligible. The effect of the proposed wind farm on the WHS is assessed as
being negligible.
Decommissioning
10.5.122 Decommissioning would not result in any significant additional effects on the historic
environment other than removing the operational effects described above.
10.5.123 Table 10.5 provides a summary of potential significant effects (in terms of the EIA
Regulations) on the historic environment. In addition, Table 10.6 provides a more detailed
summary of effects.
March 2013 10-31 ES Chapter 10
Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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