Camilty Wind Farm - Partnerships for Renewables

Camilty Wind Farm
Sensitivity
Low
Negligible
Definition
Receptor with a low quality and known to exist in reasonable abundance at local, regional
or national scale, with limited potential for substitution/replacement. This includes:
• Local designated sites (e.g. Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC))
• SEPA Water Quality defined as Moderate;
• Industrial/agricultural abstractions 50–499 m 3 /day within 2 km downstream;
• Occasional or local recreation (e.g. local angling clubs);
• Conveyance of flow and material, main river 5 m
wide;
• Existing flood defences;
• Groundwater abstractions 50–499 m 3 /day;
• Private Water Supplies – Surface water abstractions from > 600 m, groundwater spring
abstractions from 400–800 m and groundwater borehole abstractions from 200–600 m
from construction;
• May be subject to improvement plans by SEPA;
• Designated cyprinid fishery, salmonid species may be present and catchment locally
important for fisheries;
• Watercourse not widely used for recreation, or recreation use not directly related to
watercourse quality;
• Groundwater aquifer vulnerability classed as 2 and/or 3 in the SEPA vulnerability
classification scheme.
Receptor with potential for substitution/replacement. Environmental equilibrium is stable
and is resilient to changes that are greater than natural fluctuations, without detriment to its
present character. This includes:
• SEPA water quality defined as Poor or Bad;
• Industrial/agricultural abstractions