What is the Fife Landscape Character Assessment and why is it important in this case?
This is a Scottish Natural Heritage document drawn up in 1999 in partnership with Fife Council. It describes the various types of landscape in Fife and recommends how to protect their qualities. The Council will look closely at this document when considering the environmental impact of the proposal for wind turbines on Clatto Hill. The volcanic hills and craigs, of which Clatto Hill forms part, are quite unique in Europe due to their age and the extreme volcanic activity seen here many millions of years ago. They are seen as quite distinctive in the landscape affecting views from them and towards them. The Fife landscape Character Assessment includes a recommendation that any tall structures try to minimise their effect on the skyline. The proposal for seventeen 93 metre high turbines cannot meet this aim. In fact, the document advises steering windfarm developments away from exposed ridgelines and summits and from locations where their visual influence would extend across the lowlands
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