Bla ck Law G rid Co nnection West Lothian Study rea 1km from proposed Cable Route 2km from proposed OHL Route Local uthority Boundary North Lanarkshire Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation Overhead Line Underground Cable Linnmill Substation South Lanarkshire Figure 61 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-01_4770-091r0_Studyrea_3L 19/10/2012
Bla ck Law G rid Co nnection West Lothian Existing Infrastructure North Lanarkshire Black Law Extension - Phase 1 Existing Overhead Lines (OHL) Black Law High Voltage Transmission Line 33kV OHL 11kV OHL Existing Windfarms and Wind Turbines Black Law Extension - Phase 1 Operational Windfarm/Turbine Black Law Extension - Phase 1: Consented, 23 turbines, 1265m to tip Black Law: Operational, 54 turbines, 1151m to tip Covanhill Farm Cluster: Operational, 3 turbines, 1998m to tip Mossplatt Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 199m to tip Easterseat Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 1936m to tip Covanhill Farm Cluster Easterseat Farm Upper Muirhouse Cluster: Operational, 1 turbine, 466m to tip Muirhead Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 20m to tip Mossplatt Farm Harelaw Farm Cluster: Operational, 2 turbines, 47m to tip Harelaw Farm: Operational, 1 turbine, 242m to tip Westwood Lane: Operational, 1 turbine, 125m to tip C C B C Telecommunications Mast Hill of Kilncadzow B Hill Rig Muirhead Farm South Lanarkshire Upper Muirhouse Cluster 1km from proposed Cable Route Harelaw Farm Cluster 2km from Proposed OHL Route Harelaw Farm Local uthority Boundary Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation Overhead Line Underground Cable Westwood Lane Linnmill Substation Figure 62 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-02_4770-094-r0_OHL_Route_3L 19/10/2012 Source:
B la c k L a w G r id C o n n e c t io n West Lothian Landscape Character Types and Landscape Resources North Lanarkshire Glasgow and Clyde Valley Landscape Character ssessment (SNH,1999) D 4 - Rolling Farmland (area 4d Lanark) 5 - Plateau Farmland (area 5a Central Plateau) 8 - Incised River Valleys (area 8h Mouse Water) 18 - Plateau Moorlands (area 18a Central Plateau) B 7 - Fragmented Farmlands 13 - Broad Valley Upland 15 - Foothills D The Lothians Landscape Character ssessment (SNH,1999) 2 - Upland Fringes (area 5 Northwest Pentlands Fringe) 5 - Lowland Plateaux Landscape Resources South Lanarkshire D C Black Law - Central Scotland Forest; B Black Law Windfarm to Springfield Reservoir; C Springfield Reservoir to the 721 Road; D 721 Road to Glasgow - Edinburgh Railway Line; E Glasgow - Edinburgh Railway Line to the 73 Road; F 73 Road to Linnmill Grid Substation 1km from proposed Cable Route D D E D 2km from Proposed OHL Route Local uthority Boundary Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation Overhead Line F Underground Cable Linnmill Substation Figure 63 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-03_4770-087-r0_LCT_3L 15/10/2012 Source:
B la c k L a w G r id C o n n e c t io n West Lothian Local Landscape Character Types and Landscape Resources North Lanarkshire D 6 6 South Lanarkshire Landscape Character ssessment (Ironside Farrarr, 2010) 1 - Urban Fringe Farmland 2 - Incised River Valley 2 - Incised River Valley Broad Valley Floor 4 - Rolling Farmland 4 - Rolling Farmland Forestry 6C B 5B 5 - Plateau Farmland 5 - Plateau Farmland Forestry 5B - Plateau Farmland Opencast Mining 1 5 D 5 6 6C 5C - Plateau Farmland Windfarm 6 - Plateau Moorland 6 - Plateau Moorland Forestry 6C - Plateau Moorland Windfarm 9 - Broad Valley Upland 2 2 1 U 5C 2 South Lanarkshire U 1 D D E 4 5 5 D 6 D C 6 6 6 6 4 6 10 - Foothills U - Urban Landscape Resources Black Law - Central Scotland Forest; B Black Law Windfarm to Springfield Reservoir; C Springfield Reservoir to the 721 Road; D 721 Road to Glasgow - Edinburgh Railway Line; E Glasgow - Edinburgh Railway Line to the 73 Road; F 73 Road to Linnmill Grid Substation 1km from proposed Cable Route 2km from Proposed OHL Route Local uthority Boundary Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation 5 Overhead Line 5 2 F U 9 Underground Cable Linnmill Substation 4 4 10 5 5 Figure 64 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 U 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-04_4770-087-r0_Local_LCT_SLC_3L 15/10/2012 10
B la c k L a w G r id C o n n e c t io n West Lothian Landscape Designations North Lanarkshire Special Landscape rea (SL) - South Lanarkshire Middle Clyde Valley SL Leven Seat, South Fauldhouse rea of Special Landscape Control (SLC) 1km from proposed Cable Route 2km from Proposed OHL Route Local uthority Boundary Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation Overhead Line Underground Cable Linnmill Substation South Lanarkshire Figure 65 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-05_4770-088-r0_LandscapeDesignations_3L 15/10/2012
B la c k L a w G r id C o n n e c t io n 71 West Lothian Viewpoint Locations, Routes and ZTV Potential Visibility of Wood Poles 1-10 Wood Poles Visible North Lanarkshire 11-20 Wood Poles Visible 21-31 Wood Poles Visible 32-44 Wood Poles Visible 1 B715 45-80 Wood Poles Visible Viewpoint Location 1 - B715 near Climpy 2 - Springfield Reservoir 3 - B7056 at Netherton Burn 4-706 near Muirfoot 5-721 near Muirhead 6 - Minor Road, near Collielaw Cottage 7-721 near Kilncadzow 8 - Craigenhill Road, north of railway line 9 - Cartland, south of Greentowers Farm SL21 West Coast Mainline Railway B7056 2 3 706 Road B Road Clyde Walkway (SL154) Public Rights of Way (PRoW) Lanark to Biggar Local Cycle Route 1km from proposed Cable Route South Lanarkshire 73 9 8 7 SL26 6 5 721 4 2km from Proposed OHL Route Local uthority Boundary Black Law Windfarm Extension Substation Overhead Line Underground Cable Linnmill Substation Notes: ZTV created from individual visibility of each wood pole to 5km, and added together to show the number of woodpoles potentially visible within 5km of any location The ZTV is calculated to wood pole height from a height of 2m above ground level 72 B7086 The terrain model is bare ground and derived from OS Panorama height data The earth curvature and atmospheric refraction have been taken into account Figure 66 I 0 2 4 km B7018 Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-06_4770-095-r0_ZTV_VP_Routes_3L 19/10/2012 Map Scale @ 3:1:80,000 Source:
Bla ck Law G rid Co nnection West Lothian Cumulative Developments 1 Existing Overhead Line (OHL) High Voltage Transmission Line 33kV OHL North Lanarkshire 4 2 pplication Submitted Consented Operational Development Status Commercial Windfarm (5 > Turbines) 6 Domestic/FiT Wind Turbines (1-5 turbines) 5 11kV OHL Development Type 3 7 8 11 13 9 10 12 14 15 16 C C 19 South Lanarkshire 18 B 20 23 22 Commercial Windfarm Turbine 1 - Tormywheel: Consented, 15 turbines, 102m to tip 2 - Black Law: Operational, 54 turbines, 1151m to tip 3 - Black Law Extension - Phase 1: Consented, 23 turbines, 1265m to tip 4 - Black Law Extension - Phase 2: pplication Submitted, 11 turbines, 1265m to tip 5 - Climpy: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 99m to tip 6 - Greenwall Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 88m to tip 7 - Gowmacmorran Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 67m to tip 8 - Covanhill Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 51m to tip 9 - Covanhill Farm Cluster: Operational, 3 turbines, 1998m to tip 10 - Mossplatt Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 199m to tip 11 - Easterseat Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 1936m to tip 12 - Browshott: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 457m to tip 13 - Tanhill Farm: Consented, 1 turbine, 54m to tip 14 - Brewshott Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 67m to tip 15 - Westerhouse Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 51m to tip 16 - Bargarran: Consented, 2 turbines, 24m to tip 17 - Upper Muirhouse Cluster: Operational, 1 turbine, 466m to tip 18 - Upper Muirhouse: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 46m to tip 19 - Nellifield House: Consented, 1 turbine, 245m to tip 20 - Muirhead Farm: Operational, 3 turbines, 20m to tip 21 - Harelaw Farm Cluster: Operational, 2 turbines, 47m to tip 22 - Harelaw Farm: Operational, 1 turbine, 242m to tip 23 - Collielaw Farm: pplication Submitted, 1 turbine, 51m to tip 24 - Terracotta Nurseries: Consented, 1 turbine, 248m to tip 25 - Cleghorn Mains: Consented, 1 turbine, 125m to tip 26 - Hillcroft: Consented, 1 turbine, 1936m to tip 27 - Westwood Lane: Operational, 1 turbine, 125m to tip 17 21 24 C 25 Telecommunications Mast Hill of Kilncadzow B Hill Rig 1km from proposed Cable Route 4km from Proposed OHL Route 26 Local uthority Boundary 27 Overhead Line Underground Cable Figure 616 Map Scale @ 3:1:75,000 I 0 2 4 km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data Crown copyright 2012 ll rights reserved Licence numbers 100047514, 0100031673 FIG06-16_4770-096-r2_CMLWF_4km_3L 23/10/2012