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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 5 Appendix 3 27/09/2024

Agenda Item 5

Appendix 3

2024/0205/PAC

Rothes III Wind Farm

ZTV – Com­par­is­on blade tip

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P18-2857.005

View­points View­point 1 A941, South of Los­siemouth View­point 2 A96 East of Elgin View­point 3 B9016, Ault­more View­point 4 Ben Aigan Wire­line View­point 5 A95, East of Craigel­lach­ie View­point 6 A95 South of Aber­lour View­point 7 Ben Rinnes Wire­line View­point 8 Carn a Ghille Che­arr Sum­mit View­point 9 Dal­las Castle Wire­line View­point 10 Minor Road Knockando to Dal­las View­point 11 B9102 West of Arch­i­estown View­point 12 Old Mil­it­ary Road Balt­more to Cawdor View­point 13 The Duke of Gor­don Monu­ment in Elgin View­point 14 Carn na Loine View­point 16 Cnap Chaochan Aitinn View­point 15 Carn Diamh View­point 17 Byn­ack More Wire­line View­point 18 Blacks­boat Bridge View­point 19 B9102 between Blacks­boat Bridge and Cardhu

Key

Red line boundary

Study area radii

Loc­a­tion of Con­sen­ted Devel­op­ment turbines

Loc­a­tion of tur­bines 9, 13 and 14 pro­posed for tip height increase

View­point locations

The­or­et­ic­al vis­ib­il­ity of turbines

Vis­ib­il­ity of where both the Con­sen­ted Devel­op­ment and tur­bines 9, 13 and 14 at 200m to blade tip would be visible

Addi­tion­al areas of vis­ib­il­ity of the Revised Tip Height Proposal

Ori­gin­al Con­sen­ted Devel­op­ment is 3 tur­bines (tur­bines 9, 13 and 14) up to 149.9 m to tip height, 8 tur­bines up to 200 m to tip height, 17 tur­bines up to 225 m to tip height. The Revised Tip Height Pro­pos­al is as the Ori­gin­al Con­sen­ted Devel­op­ment with tur­bines 9, 13 and 14 increased to 200m to blade tip.

Scale 1:310,000 @ A3

Fred. Olsen Renewables

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Rothes III Wind Farm

Fig­ure 2.2

Com­par­is­on Blade Tip Zone of The­or­et­ic­al Vis­ib­il­ity (ZTV) with View­points Date: 21/12/2023 Drawn by: TH Checked by: FH Ver­sion: V2