Landscape impacts guidance

The suite of guidance below is intended to aid in the process of assessing the potential impacts of a windfarm proposal on Scotland's landscapes.    

• Visual representation of wind farms    (2006)

Note, the visual representation guidance is currently under review. For further information or to express an interest in the review of the guidance, please contact Joanna Duncan: joanna.duncan@snh.gov.uk

• Visual Assessment of Windfarms Best Practice  (2002)
  
  
• Siting and designing windfarms in the landscape  (2009) helps to guide windfarms towards those landscapes best able to accommodate them and advises on how windfarms can be designed to best relate to their setting and minimise landscape and visual impacts. You can download a high resolution version of the 'Siting and designing windfarms in the landscape' guidance here  , but please note this file is 13.10MB and may take some time to download. Part 2 provides guidance for Planning Authorities on implementing Scottish Planning Policy .
  
  
• Siting and design of small scale wind turbines of between 15 and 50 metres in height (2012).  This guidance deals specifically with the siting and design aspects of proposals for small turbines, although there are clearly other issues to be taken into consideration when installing such developments.
  
  
• Looking after our landscape