Bishopwood and Woodlane Wind Farms
Bishopwood and Woodlane Wind Farms
A Public Exhibition will be held for the Woodlane Wind Farm on Wednesday 14th January at Haddlesey Church Community Hall in Chapel Haddlesey and for the Bishopwood Wind Farm on Friday 16th at The Owl Hotel, Hambleton. There will be representatives from North Energy and Prowind on hand at the exhibitions open between 1.30 to 8pm. A brief description of the proposal along with photomontages from several local viewpoints will be illustrated.
Labels: Bishopwood Wind Farm, North Energy, proposal, Prowind, Public Exhibition, Windfarms, Woodlane Wind Farm
Sillfield Wind Cluster, Near Kendal
Bishopwood and Woodlane Wind Farms, near Selby
Stephenson Halliday are assisting North Energy and Prowind with the landscape and visual assessment in connection with two potential sites undergoing detailed Environmental Assessment. Initial consultation is taking place and at this stage the number and size of turbines has yet to be determined and we will be assisting with the design and mitigation of the proposal.
Labels: Environmental Assessment, North Energy, Prowind, Windfarms
Griffin Wind Farm Consented by Scottish Government
We are delighted to announce consent of the Griffin Wind Farm, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, comprising 68 no 3MW turbines giving a total generating capacity of 204 Megawatts (MW), the third largest wind farm in Scotland to have been consented. We have enjoyed working closely with Green Power assisting in Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVIA) including presentation of LVIA evidence at the public inquiry in October 2006. In announcing the decision earlier today the Scottish Government Energy Minister Jim Mather said:
"The decision to approve Griffin windfarm is an important milestone in the Government's energy strategy for Scotland -which will include the whole renewable mix - from biomass to the energywe can generate from wave and tide. This wind farm will have the capacity to meet electricity demand for more than 100,000 homes - further demonstration of Scotland's vast renewable energy potential. There is no doubt that this country can become the green energy capital of Europe."Visit this project in our portfolio -
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Clochnahill Wind Farm Granted Permission
Permission has been granted for a 4 turbine wind farm in Aberdeenshire south of Stonehaven. Nick Edwards appeared at the Public Inquiry in December as the Planning Expert Witness on behalf of the Firm of Hugh Gordon which will develop the scheme.
Labels: Approval, Clochnahill, Windfarms
Fairburn Wind Farm Permission Granted
Permission has been granted for this site of 20 turbines capable of producing 35-40MW in Ross-shire near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, subject to final legal agreements. We assisted Scottish and Southern Energy with the design, mitigation and landscape and visual assessment within the ES submitted in May 2005 and we have been involved in extensive consultation to date. Visit this project in our portfolio –
Fairburn.
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Dusty Drum Wind Farm
The practice has been commissioned by A7 Energy to prepare a detailed landscape and visual assessment for the proposed wind farm at Dusty Drum comprising 3 No. turbines with an overall height of 110m to blade tip. The site is located in Angus District, to the west of Arbroath.
Labels: Commission, Dusty Drum, Windfarms
Achany Wind Farm Permission Granted
Permission has been granted for this site of 40MW (23 turbines) outside Lairg in the Scottish Highlands following a Public Inquiry earlier this year. We assisted Scottish and Southern Energy with the design, consultation and landscape and visual assessment within the ES submitted in October 2005. Construction is due to start in 2008 and should be fully commissioned in 2010.
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Brightenber Wind Farm
Stephenson Halliday have recently been commissioned to prepare an Environmental Statement for a proposed wind farm at Brightenber in Craven District.
Labels: Brightenber, Commission, Windfarms
Logiealmond Wind Farm, Perthshire
The practice has completed the Landscape and Visual assessment as well as cumulative assessment for a proposed wind farm in Perthshire for fourteen 2.5MW turbines on behalf of Amec Wind Energy. The submission of the Environmental Statement will follow the recent public exhibitions held this month. The practice has worked closely with Amec, Perth and Kinross Council and Scottish Natural Heritage to design a sensitive layout which fits well into the landscape.
Labels: application, Logiealmond, Windfarms
Auchtermuchty Wind Farm Planning Appeal
Stephenson Halliday has been engaged to assist Energiekontor in fighting their appeal against the failure of Fife council to determine their application at Auchtermuchty. The proposal at Auchtermuchty was for five wind turbines and was submitted in July 2006. By March 2007 there had still been no decision on the application and Energiekontor decided to appeal against non-determination. The appeal will be dealt with by public inquiry later this year and Stephenson Halliday will be presenting landscape and planning evidence.
Labels: Auchtermuchty, Windfarms
Gathercauld Wind Farm Environmental Statement Submission
Extensive design work following consultation on landscape and visual issues as well as radar, hydrogeological and technical matters has been carried out, resulting in a compact, cohesive layout of five turbines for this site in Fife. The scale of this settled and cultivated landscape has been reflected in the choice of turbine size, and the potential visual effects experienced from a number of sensitive locations have influenced the proposal which was submitted to Fife Council in May 2007.
Labels: application, Gathercauld, Windfarms
Withernwick Wind Farm Environmental Statement Submission
The practice has co-ordinated and submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment for another wind farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire Borough Council on behalf of EnergieKontor. This proposal is for nine 2.0/2.5 MW turbines near the village of Withernwick near Aldbrough, south of Hornsea near the East Yorkshire coast. We prepared the planning case as well as the landscape and visual assessment and all of the visualisations including photomontages. This proposal would save over 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the 25 year life of the wind farm.
Labels: application, Windfarms, Withernwick
Monkwith Wind Farm Environmental Statement Submission
The practice has co-ordinated and submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment which accompanies the planning application submitted by EnergieKontor to East Riding of Yorkshire Borough Council for seven, 2.0/2.5 MW turbines on the coast near Tunstall, north of Withernsea. The seven turbines would generate enough electricity in a year for around 8,000-10,000 homes, saving between 600k – 800k tonnes of CO2 over the 20 year lifespan.
Labels: application, Monkwith, Windfarms
Work in progress
The practice has been engaged by EnergieKontor to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment for their latest wind energy scheme in Fife. The project at Gathercauld involves the development of up to 13 wind turbines on land to the east of the village of Ceres. Stephenson Halliday are lead consultants providing detailed landscape and visual assessment, a planning statement and overall coordination of the preparation of the Environmental Statement.
Labels: Commission, Gathercauld, Windfarms
Griffin Forest Wind Farm Public Inquiry
The Public Inquiry held at Amulree, Perthshire into a proposed wind farm of 204MW has concluded and the result is expected in the next few months. Ken Halliday appeared as the Landscape Expert Witness on behalf of Green Power (International) Ltd, the developers of the proposed scheme comprising 68 no. turbines up to 124m high located within Griffin Scotstoun and Ballinloan Forest, north west of Perth. We also prepared the Landscape and Visual Assessment as part of the Environmental Statement, submitted in 2004.
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Work in progress
Wind farm assessment work continues apace; we are currently assisting Amec Border Wind with the assessment of a revised layout for Lewis Wind Farm, which at 181 turbines, remains the largest wind farm proposal in Europe. We are presently preparing Landscape and Visual Amenity evidence for presentation at forthcoming Public Inquires into wind farm proposals in Perth and Kinross, the Ochils and Ayrshire.
Labels: Lewis, Public Inquiry, Windfarms
Auchtermuchty Planning Application Submission
We have recently completed the Environmental Statement (ES) on behalf of Energiekontor UK Ltd to accompany their Planning Application for a five turbine wind farm near Auchtermuchty in Fife. We provided detailed landscape and visual analysis, planning statement as well as coordination and production of the ES and are continuing our discussions with the statutory consultees.
Labels: application, Auchtermuchty, Windfarms
Ackron Wind Farm, Scottish Highlands
We are currently assisting Scottish and Southern Energy with a wind farm proposal for around 13 turbines in Sutherland near Melvich on the north coast. The application is due to be submitted in the spring 2006.
Labels: Ackron, Windfarms
February 2006
The practice has recently assisted AMEC Wind with the landscape and visual assessment for proposed 60MW wind energy project at Ray Forest in Northumberland, and the planning application was submitted in December 2005.
On 30 January 2006 Cumbria County Council granted planning permission to our client British Nuclear Group Ltd for a temporary extension in respect of the storage of containers at their low level waste facility at Drigg in Cumbria. We coordinated the information required for the Environmental Statement, prepared a detailed landscape and visual assessment of the proposal and acted as planning advisors for the project.
We are currently assisting EnergieKontor with coordination of an Environmental Statement for a proposed wind farm at Auchtermuchty in Fife.
The practice has recently been successful in obtaining planning permission for a new Liquid Waste Acceptance Facility for Cumbria Waste Management Ltd at their Distington Landfill site. The new facility will allow the direct treatment of liquid wastes through the sites leachate treatment system. This is an important asset for the site as the provisions of the landfill regulations will bite next year banning the disposal of liquid wastes to landfill.
We are currently working on two major extensions to sand and gravel quarries in north Cumbria. Both projects require full Environmental Impact Assessment. We are carrying out the project design, landscape and visual assessment and planning work, as well as coordinating all other assessment work.
Labels: Auchtermuchty, Distington, Ray, Windfarms
Windfarm application
Scottish and Southern Energy have recently submitted a planning application and ES for 23 turbines producing 40MW of electricity near Lairg, about 60km north of Inverness. We were pleased to assist with the preparation of the Landscape and Visual Assessment including photomontage visualisations.
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