Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Environmental Statement Table of Contents Seascape, Landscape and Visual Assessment Figures LIST OF FIGURES 14.1 Location Plan 14.24 Viewpoint 12: Navidale 14.2 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) - bareground 14.25 Viewpoint 13: Catchory 14.3 Zone of Theoretical visibility (ZTV) - with obstructions 14.26 Viewpoint 14: Minor Rd, south side of Stemster Hill 14.4 Landscape Planning Policy 14.27 Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) Night-time View 14.5 Regional Seascape Units 14.28 Viewpoint 9: Dunbeath (nr Heritage Centre) Night-time View 14.6 Regional Seascape Character Types 14.29 Viewpoint 1: Duncansby Head 14.7 Landscape Character Types 14.30 Viewpoint 2: Keiss Pier (nr Keiss Harbour House) 14.8 Viewpoint Locations 14.31 Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) 14.9 Cumulative Site Locations 14.32 Viewpoint 5: Sarclet (Sarclet Haven info board) 14.10 Cumulative ZTV - Operational/Consented Wind Farms and 14.33 Viewpoint 6: Hill O Many Stanes Beatrice 14.11 Cumulative ZTV - 'In-Planning' Wind Farms and Beatrice 14.34 Viewpoint 7: Lybster (end of Main Street) 14.12 Initial Distant Viewpoint Study 7MW Scheme 14.35 Viewpoint 8: Latheron (A9) 14.13 Viewpoint 1: Duncansby Head 14.36 Viewpoint 9: Dunbeath (nr Heritage Centre) 14.14 Viewpoint 2: Keiss Pier (nr Keiss Harbour House) 14.37 Viewpoint 10: Whaligoe Steps 14.15 Viewpoint 3: Sortat 14.38 Viewpoint 11: Scaraben 14.16 Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) 14.39 Viewpoint 12: Navidale 14.17 Viewpoint 5: Sarclet (Sarclet Haven info board) 14.40 Viewpoint 13: Catchory 14.18 Viewpoint 6: Hill O Many Stanes 14.41 Viewpoint 14: Minor Rd, south side of Stemster Hill 14.19 Viewpoint 7: Lybster (end of Main Street) 14.42 Ferry Routes 14.20 Viewpoint 8: Latheron (A9) 14.43 Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) Night-time View 14.21 Viewpoint 9: Dunbeath (nr Heritage Centre) 14.44 Viewpoint 9: Dunbeath (nr Heritage Centre) Night-time View 14.22 Whaligoe Steps 14.45 3.6MW Scheme Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) 14.23 Viewpoint 11: Scaraben 14.46 3.6MW Scheme Viewpoint 5: Sarclet (Sarclet Haven info board) Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd February 2012 Arcus Renewable Energy Consulting Ltd Page I
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Environmental Statement Table of Contents Seascape, Landscape and Visual Assessment Figures 14.47 3.6MW Scheme Viewpoint 7: Lybster (end of Main Street) 14.64 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 12: Navidale 14.48 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Sites Viewpoint 1: Duncansby Head 14.65 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 13: Catchory 14.49 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Sites Viewpoint 11: Scaraben 14.66 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 14: Minor Rd, south side of Stemster Hill 14.50 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Sites Viewpoint 14: Minor Rd, south side of Stemster Hill 14.67 Ferry Routes 14.51 Road Analysis 14.52 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) Comparison of Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to the Proposed Moray Firth Round 3 Eastern Development Zone Wind Farm 14.53 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 1: Duncansby Head 14.54 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 2: Keiss Pier (nr Keiss Harbour House) 14.55 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 3: Sortat 14.56 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 4: Wick Bay (North side) 14.57 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 5: Sarclet (Sarclet Haven info board) 14.58 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 6: Hill O Many Stanes 14.59 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 7: Lybster (end of Main Street) 14.60 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 8: Latheron (A9) 14.61 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 9: Dunbeath (nr Heritage Centre) 14.62 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 10: Whaligoe Steps 14.63 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Including MORL Site Viewpoint 11: Scaraben Please note that Figures associated with all other Sections of the Environmental Statement are provided in Volume 2 of this ES Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd February 2012 Arcus Renewable Energy Consulting Ltd Page II
4 0'0"W 3 30'0"W 2 0'0"W 1 30'0"W Districts UK Territorial Sea Limit Aberdeenshire Highland Moray Orkney Islands 58 0'0"N Sources: Ordnance Survey 0 5 10 20 km 0 2 4 8 Nm Figure 14.1 Location Plan 1:575,000 @ A3 Revision: BEA-MAP-EWF-BOWL-131 05 OSGB36 Projection: BNG File ref: E:\GIS\_Scottish\Projects\Beatrice\mxd\ES\Chapter 14\BEA_MAP_EWF_BOWL_131_Location_plan_ES_14_1_v05.mxd
3 30'0"W UK Territorial Sea Limit Conservation Area Scheduled Monuments Historic Gardens Search Areas for Wild Land (SAWL) Areas of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) Sources: Ordnance Survey, Scottish Natural Heritage & Historic Scotland. 0 2.5 5 10 km 0 1 2 4 Nm Figure 14.4 Landscape Planning Policy OSGB36 BEA-MAP-EWF-BOWL-134 Revision: 04 Projection: 1:300,000 @ A3 BNG File ref: E:\GIS\_Scottish\Projects\Beatrice\mxd\ES\Chapter 14\BEA_MAP_EWF_BOWL_134_Landscape_Planning_Policy_ES_14_4_v05.mxd
3 30'0"W Urban Areas (modelled to 7.5m) Woodlands (modelled to 15m) Hub Visible (115.9m AOD) Blade Tip Visible (198.4m AOD) This drawing is based upon computer generated Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) studies. The areas shown are the maximum theoretical visibility, taking into account topography, principal woodlands and settlements as shown, which have been included in the model with the heights indicated. The model does not take into account any localised features such as small copses, hedgerows, mature trees or buildings and therefore gives an exaggerated impression of the extent of visibility. The actual visibility on the ground will be noticeably less than that suggested by this plan and visibility from principal settlements is likely to be possible from peripheral areas only. The ZTV includes an adjustment that allows for the Curvature and Light Refraction of the Earth and has a 10m 2 resolution. Sources: Ordnance Survey 0 2.5 5 10 km 0 1 2 4 Nm Figure 14.3 Zone of Theoretical visibility (ZTV) - with obstructions 1:300,000 @ A3 Revision: BEA-MAP-EWF-BOWL-133 05 OSGB36 Projection: BNG File ref: E:\GIS\_Scottish\Projects\Beatrice\mxd\ES\Chapter 14\BEA_MAP_EWF_BOWL_133_ZTV_with_obstructions_ES_14_3_v05.mxd
4 0'0"W 3 30'0"W 2 0'0"W Hub Visible (115.9m AOD) Blade Tip Visible (198.4m AOD) This drawing is based upon computer generated Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) studies. The areas shown are the maximum theoretical visibility, taking into account topography, principal woodlands and settlements as shown, which have been included in the model with the heights indicated. The model does not take into account any localised features such as small copses, hedgerows, mature trees or buildings and therefore gives an exaggerated impression of the extent of visibility. The actual visibility on the ground will be noticeably less than that suggested by this plan and visibility from principal settlements is likely to be possible from peripheral areas only. The ZTV includes an adjustment that allows for the Curvature and Light Refraction of the Earth and has a 10m 2 resolution. 58 0'0"N Sources: Ordnance Survey 0 4 8 16 km 0 2 4 8 Nm Figure 14.2 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) - bareground OSGB36 BEA-MAP-EWF-BOWL-132 Revision: 05 Projection: 1:500,000 @ A3 BNG File ref: E:\GIS\_Scottish\Projects\Beatrice\mxd\ES\Chapter 14\BEA_MAP_EWF_BOWL_132_ZTV_bareground_ES_14_2_v05.mxd