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• Minimising the number of watercourse crossings required;
• Avoiding environmental constraints identified during the early design and eia process;
• Maximising the use of existing access tracks;
• Minimising ground disturbance by using the shortest route possible; and
• Ensuring gradients are suitable for vehicular access.
3.5.33 The route and alignment of the new access tracks took land stability and topography into
account.
3.5.34 A buffer was also put in place around all infrastructure, including the provision of turbine
keyholes of 86 m, to indicate removal of forestry required specifically for the wind farm. This
buffer reflects the requirements of the Natural England Guidance (Natural England, 2009) for
protection of bats, which requires an offset of 50 m between the forest edge and the blade tip.
This assumed a turbine with an 80 m hub and 52 m blade, and standoff from a 25 m tree.
This is explained in Appendix 11.5 in the Terrestrial Ecology chapter.
3.5.35 This Final Design (including infrastructure) was confirmed as the basis of the application and
EIA and the design frozen accordingly. The design was then provided to FCS and the
proposed amendment to the FDP was updated to align with the layout.
3.6 References
• 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
• Natural England (2009). Natural England Technical Information Note TIN051. Bats
and Onshore Wind Turbines Interim Guidance
• ODPM (2011). Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)
(Scotland) Regulations 2011
• ODPM (2011). The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations
2011Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/209/contents/made
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (2008). Engineering in the Water
Environment Good Practice Guide Construction of Rover Crossings First Edition
• Scottish Government (2010). Scottish Planning Policy. Available at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/300760/0093908.pdf
• Scottish Government (2011). On-line Renewables Advice. Available at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/National-Planning-
Policy/themes/renewables
• Scottish Natural Heritage (2009), Siting and Designing Windfarms in the Landscape.
Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A317537.pdf
• West Lothian Council (2009) West Lothian Local Plan, [online].
http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/downloaddoc/1799514/1849418/2083838/adopt
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