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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 11 Appendix | 24/05/2019

AGENDA ITEM 11

APPENDIX I

ROTHES 111 WIND­FARM CON­SULTA­TION 2019/0045/PAC

PLANS

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Pro­ject: Rothes III Wind Farm, Moray

Title: Fig­ure 6.1: Site Loc­a­tion and Context

Key Pro­posed Rothes III devel­op­ment area

Pro­posed Rothes III tur­bine • 149.9 m to tip O 200 m to tip 225 m to tip O 10 km buf­fer of pro­posed Rothes III devel­op­ment area (exclud­ing access track exten­sions) Spe­cial Area of Con­ser­va­tion (SAC) Site of Spe­cial Sci­entif­ic Interest (SSSI)

Notes: a) Inform­a­tion on this map is dir­ectly repro­duced from digit­al and oth­er mater­i­al from dif­fer­ent sources. Minor dis­crep­an­cies may there­fore occur. Where fur­ther cla­ri­fic­a­tion is con­sidered neces­sary, this is noted through the use of text boxes on the map itself.

b) For the avoid­ance of doubt and unless oth­er­wise stated:

1. where a line recor­ded in the key demarc­ates a bound­ary on this plan, the bound­ary edge is the out­side edge of the line.
2. where a line or fea­ture recor­ded in the key of this plan is also shown as a line or fea­ture by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, and that line or fea­ture is loc­ated in a dif­fer­ent pos­i­tion on the ground than shown by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, then the line or fea­ture shall be deemed to fol­low the pos­i­tion as exist­ing on the ground.

3. this plan should be used for iden­ti­fic­a­tion pur­poses only, unless spe­cific­ally stated above or in accom­pa­ny­ing documentation.

4. Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd. accepts no respons­ib­il­ity for the accur­acy of data sup­plied by third parties. Scale @ A3: 1:110,000

Coordin­ate Sys­tem: Brit­ish Nation­al Grid Crown Copy­right 2018. All rights reserved. Ord­nance Sur­vey Licence 0100031673. N 0 1 2 3 4 km

Date: 27−11−18 Pre­pared by: KB Checked by: IB Ref: GB200356_M_784 A Lay­out: 60_050418_29t_A

Draw­ing by: Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd The Green House For­rest Estate, Dalry Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS, UK Tel: +44 (0)1644 430008 Fax: +44 (0)845 299 1236 Email: sayhello@​naturalpower.​com www​.nat​ur​al​power​.com

Cli­ent: nat­ur­al power ☑ Fred.Olsen Renewables

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Pro­ject: Rothes III Wind Farm, Moray Title: Fig­ure 1.1: Region­al Context

Key Pro­posed Rothes III tur­bines 149.9 m to tip 200 m to tip 225 m to tip Indic­at­ive micro­path (6) Indic­at­ive TV trans­mit­ter link (6) Elec­tri­city power line Long dis­tance foot­path (1) Nation­al Cycle Net­work (5) RSPB Import­ant Bird Area (4) RSPB reserve (4) Scot­tish Wild­life Trust reserve (9) RAM­SAR (1) Nation­al Nature Reserve (1) ☐ Loc­al Nature Reserve (1) Bathing waters (8) Coastal Pro­tec­tion Zone (2) Cairngorm Nation­al Park (1) SSSI (1) His­tor­ic Gar­dens & Designed Land­scapes (3) Plant­a­tion on Ancient Wood­lands Sites (1) Semi-nat­ur­al Ancient Wood­lands (1) Bat­tle­field (3) ::::: Geo­lo­gic­al Con­ser­va­tion Review site (1) 74 km buf­fer from ASACS radar (7) 30 km buf­fer from MOD radar (7) County bound­ary Pre­ferred search area (2) Oth­er wind farm devel­op­ments Oper­a­tion­al Con­struc­tion Approved Sub­mit­ted Scop­ing Pre-Scop­ing Refused Withdrawn

Source data repro­duced with the per­mis­sion of: (1) SNH (2) Moray Coun­cil (3) His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scot­land (4) RSPB © Crown Copy­right. Ord­nance Sur­vey licence num­ber 100021787 (2018) (5) Sus­trans (6) BBC/​Ofcom (7) MOD (8) SEPA (9) Scot­tish Wild­life Trust 2018. Con­tains pub­lic sec­tor inform­a­tion licensed under the Open Gov­ern­ment Licence v3.0. (1) (3) (8) (2018)

Notes: a) Inform­a­tion on this map is dir­ectly repro­duced from digit­al and oth­er mater­i­al from dif­fer­ent sources. Minor dis­crep­an­cies may there­fore occur. Where fur­ther cla­ri­fic­a­tion is con­sidered neces­sary, this is noted through the use of text boxes on the map itself.

b) For the avoid­ance of doubt and unless oth­er­wise stated:

1. where a line recor­ded in the key demarc­ates a bound­ary on this plan, the bound­ary edge is the out­side edge of the line.
2. where a line or fea­ture recor­ded in the key of this plan is also shown as a line or fea­ture by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, and that line or fea­ture is loc­ated in a dif­fer­ent pos­i­tion on the ground than shown by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, then the line or fea­ture shall be deemed to fol­low the pos­i­tion as exist­ing on the ground.
3. this plan should be used for iden­ti­fic­a­tion pur­poses only, unless spe­cific­ally stated above or in accom­pa­ny­ing documentation.
4. Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd. accepts no respons­ib­il­ity for the accur­acy of data sup­plied by third parties.

Scale @ A3: 1:250,000 Coordin­ate Sys­tem: Brit­ish Nation­al Grid Crown Copy­right 2018. All rights reserved. Ord­nance Sur­vey Licence 0100031673. 0 2.5 5 10 km N

Date: 12−12−18 Pre­pared by: IW Checked by: KL Ref: GB200356_M_661_C Lay­out: 60_050418_29t_A

Draw­ing by: Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd Knock­espoch fib­use The Green House For­rest Estate, Dalry Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS, UK Tel: +44 (0)1644 430008 Fax: +44 (0)845 299 1236 Email: sayhello@​naturalpower.​com www​.nat​ur​al​power​.com

Cli­ent: nat­ur­al power Fred.Olsen Renewables

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Pro­ject: Rothes III Wind Farm, Moray Title: Fig­ure 2.2: Site Layout

Key Ο Pro­posed Rothes III phase A tur­bine (200 m to tip) Ο Pro­posed Rothes III phase B tur­bine (149.9 m to tip) 356 Ο Pro­posed Rothes III phase B tur­bine (225 m to tip) Exist­ing Rothes I & II tur­bine Pro­posed new track Pro­posed con­struc­tion com­pound Pro­posed substation

Notes: a) Inform­a­tion on this map is dir­ectly repro­duced from digit­al and oth­er mater­i­al from dif­fer­ent sources. Minor dis­crep­an­cies may there­fore occur. Where fur­ther cla­ri­fic­a­tion is con­sidered neces­sary, this is noted through the use of text boxes on the map itself. b) For the avoid­ance of doubt and unless oth­er­wise stated:

1. where a line recor­ded in the key demarc­ates a bound­ary on this plan, the bound­ary edge is the out­side edge of the line.
2. where a line or fea­ture recor­ded in the key of this plan is also shown as a line or fea­ture by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, and that line or fea­ture is loc­ated in a dif­fer­ent pos­i­tion on the ground than shown by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, then the line or fea­ture shall be deemed to fol­low the pos­i­tion as exist­ing on the ground.
3. this plan should be used for iden­ti­fic­a­tion pur­poses only, unless spe­cific­ally stated above or in accom­pa­ny­ing documentation.
4. Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd. accepts no respons­ib­il­ity for the accur­acy of data sup­plied by third parties.

Scale @ A3: 1:25,000 Coordin­ate Sys­tem: Brit­ish Nation­al Grid Crown Copy­right 2017. All rights reserved. Ord­nance Sur­vey Licence 0100031673. 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 km N

Date: 08−09−17 Pre­pared by: IW Ref: GB200356 M_678_C Lay­out: 300816_29t_C

Draw­ing by: Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd The Green House For­rest Estate, Dalry Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS, UK Tel: +44 (0)1644 430008 Fax: +44 (0)845 299 1236 Email: sayhello@​naturalpower.​com www​.nat​ur​al​power​.com

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Pro­ject: Rothes III Wind Farm Moray Title: Fig­ure 8.8: Wind Farms con­sidered in the Cumu­lat­ive Assess­ment Key Pro­posed Rothes III turbine

Cumu­lat­ive wind farm status Operational/​under con­struc­tion turbine

Con­sen­ted tur­bine Sub­mit­ted turbine

Notes: a) Inform­a­tion on this map is dir­ectly repro­duced from digit­al and oth­er mater­i­al from dif­fer­ent sources. Minor dis­crep­an­cies may there­fore occur.

b) For the avoid­ance of doubt and unless oth­er­wise stated:

1. where a line recor­ded in the key demarc­ates a bound­ary on this plan, the bound­ary edge is the out­side edge of the line.

2. where a line or fea­ture recor­ded in the key of this plan is also shown as a line or fea­ture by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, and that line or fea­ture is loc­ated in a dif­fer­ent pos­i­tion on the ground than shown by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, then the line or fea­ture shall be deemed to fol­low the pos­i­tion as exist­ing on the ground.

3. this plan should be used for iden­ti­fic­a­tion pur­poses only, unless spe­cific­ally stated above or in accom­pa­ny­ing documentation.

4. Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd. accepts no respons­ib­il­ity for the accur­acy of data sup­plied by third parties. Scale @ A3:1:325 000 Coordin­ate Sys­tem: Brit­ish Nation­al Grid Con­tains Ord­nance Sur­vey data Crown copy­right and data­base right 2018.

N 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 km

Date: 12−09−18 Pre­pared by: DH Checked by: KL Ref: GB200356_M_716_B Lay­out: 60_050418_29t_A

Draw­ing by: Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd The Green House For­rest Estate, Dalry Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS, UK Tel: +44 (0)1644 430008 natural

Fax: +44 (0)845 299 1236 Email: sayhello@​naturalpower.​com www​.nat​ur​al​power​.com Cli­ent: power Fred.Olsen Renewables

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Pro­ject: Rothes III Wind Farm, Moray Title: Fig­ure 8.1: Zone of The­or­et­ic­al Vis­ib­il­ity to Blade Tip Height — Study Area (40 km)

Key Pro­posed Rothes III tur­bine 149.9 m to tip 200 m to tip 225 m to tip

Num­ber of tur­bines vis­ible to tip height: 1 – 5 6 – 11 12 – 17 18 – 23 24 – 29

ZTV Notes: Vis­ib­il­ity takes earth curvature and atmo­spher­ic refrac­tion into account, but not build­ings, trees or oth­er sur­face obstacles. ZTV pro­duced for 29 tur­bines, of which 18 are 225 m to tip, 8 are 200 m to tip and 3 are 149.9 m to tip. View­point height set to 2 m AGL.

Notes: a) Inform­a­tion on this map is dir­ectly repro­duced from digit­al and oth­er mater­i­al from dif­fer­ent sources. Minor dis­crep­an­cies may there­fore occur. b) For the avoid­ance of doubt and unless oth­er­wise stated:

1. where a line recor­ded in the key demarc­ates a bound­ary on this plan, the bound­ary edge is the out­side edge of the line.
2. where a line or fea­ture recor­ded in the key of this plan is also shown as a line or fea­ture by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, and that line or fea­ture is loc­ated in a dif­fer­ent pos­i­tion on the ground than shown by the Ord­nance Sur­vey, then the line or fea­ture shall be deemed to fol­low the pos­i­tion as exist­ing on the ground.
3. this plan should be used for iden­ti­fic­a­tion pur­poses only, unless spe­cific­ally stated above or in accom­pa­ny­ing documentation.
4. Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd. accepts no respons­ib­il­ity for the accur­acy of data sup­plied by third parties.

Scale @ A3: 1:350 000 Coordin­ate Sys­tem: Brit­ish Nation­al Grid Con­tains Ord­nance Sur­vey data. Crown Copy­right and data­base rights 2018.

N 15 20 km

Date: 12−09−18 Pre­pared by: DH Checked by: KL Ref: GB200356_M_762_A Lay­out: 60_​050418_​29t_​A Draw­ing by:

Nat­ur­al Power Con­sult­ants Ltd The Green House For­rest Estate, Dalry Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS, UK Tel: +44 (0)1644 430008 Fax: +44 (0)845 299 1236 natural

Email: sayhello@​naturalpower.​com www​.nat​ur​al​power​.com Cli­ent: power Fred.Olsen Renewables

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Baseline pho­to­graph Paul’s Hill I Paul’s Hill II Meikle Hill Berry Burn Rothes I Rothes II Kel­las Extent of 53.5° planar pan­or­ama Extent of cent­ral 50 mm frame used to con­struct pan­or­ama Rothes III Hunt Hill Hill of Tow­ie I Hill of Tow­ie II

This image provides land­scape & visu­al con­text only View flat at a com­fort­able arm’s length. If view­ing this image on a screen, enlarge to full screen height Ref: GB200356 SNH VPOO AB 02−07−18 Wire­line draw­ing Rothes III Wind Farm, Moray Pro­posed Rothes III tur­bine OS ref­er­ence: 314000 E 829978 N Hori­zont­al field of view: 90° (cyl­indric­al pro­jec­tion) Operational/​under con­struc­tion wind farm Eye level: 711 m AOD Ver­tic­al field of view: 14.2° Cam­era: Can­on EOS 1ds Mk III Lens: 50 mm f1.4 Nearest Rothes III tur­bine: Min­im­um dis­tance to Rothes III: T27 18.1 km Fig­ure 8.21a View­point 8: Carn a Ghille Che­arr sum­mit, Hills of Crom­dale Con­sen­ted wind farm Dir­ec­tion to centre of pho­to­graph: Prin­cip­al dis­tance: 20°

Paper size: 522 mm Cor­rect prin­ted image size: 841 x 297 mm (half A1) 820 x 130 mm Cam­era height: Date & time of pho­to­graph: 1.5 m AGL The­or­et­ic­al num­ber of tips vis­ible: 29 12/08/2015 18:45 The­or­et­ic­al num­ber of hubs vis­ible: Copy­right 20 29 Ord­nance Sur­vey Licence 0100031673. Pro­posed wind farm nat­ur­al Fred.Olsen Renew­ables power