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RESIDENTIAL VISUAL AMENITY STUDY Such a residential visual amenity test has been rehearsed through a number of Inspectors’ appeal decisions.
Undertaking a Residential Visual Amenity Study (RVAS), at the application or appeal stage, provides the opportunity to address this issue by examining the nearest residential properties to establish whether a proposed turbine would have an overbearing or overwhelming affect upon the property’s outlook.
A RVAS reviews the hierarchy of the property’s elevations and their orientation in relation to the proposals, the degree of fenestration, use of the rooms on each floor, the distance of the property from the proposed development, the views from the property’s curtilage including the garden and other areas, the horizontal and vertical arc of view affected by the turbines, and the screening effect of vegetation and built form in the intervening distance.
These are examples of factors that can mitigate and militate against the visual impact upon a property so whilst a turbine may be visible, it may not be so dominant that it would cause an unacceptable level of harm to a property’s visual amenity.
TIME AND EFFORT The time and effort incurred in undertaking the robust forensic approach of a RVAS can help secure planning consents and deliver operational wind energy developments.
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