Camilty Wind Farm - Partnerships for Renewables

Camilty Wind Farm
Consultee Response Where and How Addressed
development including no of turbines and their
height. Most relevant schemes will be
Harburnhead, Fauch Hill, Pates Hill, Muirhall
(existing); Tormeywheel (consented); and Pearie
Law (application). Planning authorities should be
contacted for up to date lists. Clarification/
correction of some cumluative sites listed in
scoping report is provided. Projects at scoping
stage wihtin 5km of Camilty should be included.
Recommend that projects up to day of submission
should be included in cumulative assessment to
ensure assessment is as comprehensive as
possible.
LVIA should be conducted with particular
reference to users of the Pentland Hills Regional
Park (2 km), Harperrig Reservoir pLNR and
potential effects on the qualities of the Pentland
Hills AGLV. Assessment should include
consideration of potential alterations to the
scheme which may reduce identified impacts
within both sites. Consideration should be made
of the Pentland Hills as the setting of and the
backdrop to large numbers of settlements in the
Central Belt. Views towards the hills and their
distinctive skyline are important to both residents
and visitors.
SNH’s responses to existing and proposed
developments in the area and Reporters findings
to Harrows Law (attached to response) should be
considered.
comprehensive cumulative
assessment. The list of
cumulative schemes has been
updated to include schemes at
scoping within 5km.
Revised design (as outlined in
Chapter 3 (Design Evolution))
has taken into account identified
impacts and aimed to reduce
them from Pentlands AGLV and
Regional Park (RP).
Noted and addressed in
Chapter 3 (Design Evolution)
and Chapter 9 (Landscape and
Visual).
Westwater Special Protection Area (SPA) and
Firth of Forth SPA - High importance
As surveys are still underway, there is insufficient
information to determine whether the proposal is
likely to have a significant effect on the qualifying
interests of Westwater SPA and Firth of Forth
SPA (Habitats Regulations). Should initial surveys
demonstrate that there is connectivity with
Westwater SPA or Firth of Forth SPA and
therefore that the proposal is likely to have a
significant effect on qualifying interests, an
appropriate assessment will be required.
Breeding birds (nonSPA) - High to moderate
importance
In general the approach taken so far accords with
SNH's best practice guidance. Survey results
should also be presented in accordance with best
practice guidance. Content with methodology in
scoping report.
Survey data is assessed in
Chapter 12 (Ornithology) and
the Ornithology technical report
(Appendix 12.1)
Data is presented in Chapter 12
(Ornithology) in accordance with
best practice guidance.
European Protected Species (EPS) - High to
moderate importance
Welcome proposed scope of survey for EPS.
Licence may be required to allow construction to
take place should protected species be found.
No Nathusius pipistrelle present
March 2013 2-9 ES Chapter 2
The EIA and Scoping Process
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