Landscape Susceptibility in relation to Energy Generation, Storage and Transmission - SPD

Object

Representation ID: 4340

Received: 26/08/2025

Respondent: CODE Development Planners Ltd

The SPD notes potential landscape effects and suggests a number of design guidelines. However these are of a general nature and require clear clarification that each proposal should be judged on its own merits and not dismissed against these general statements of effect and design guidelines. Individual site circumstances and mitigation solutions can often overcome concerns.

Object

Representation ID: 4341

Received: 26/08/2025

Respondent: CODE Development Planners Ltd

Given the urgent national and local need for renewable energy generation, the SPD should adopt a more balanced and criteria-based approach, recognising that solar PV within the NSBLPZ can, in certain locations, be delivered in a manner that preserves the overall landscape objectives of the SPD while contributing to biodiversity enhancement and climate change mitigation. We therefore suggest the SPD wording is revised to allow for case-by-case consideration based on Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment evidence, rather than a blanket presumption of conflict.