Our Environmental Impact Assessment will study:

• Planning policies and their context
• Landscape and Visual impacts
• Ecology
• Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Hydrology
• Noise
• Shadow flicker, aviation, electromagnetic interference and safety concerns
• Transport
• Socio-economic effects
• Tourism and Recreation
• Project benefits

When the planning application is submitted, the EIA will be available for public viewing at locations around the area. It will also be available for viewing via this website.

We have already consulted with the local planning Authority, North Cornwall District Council.

Other consultees we will work with during the development of the project are:

• Air Safety - Ministry of Defence, Civil Aviation Authority, National Air Traffic Services
• Highways - County Highways, highways agency
• Television - BBC/ITV
• Telecommunications - Ofcom and various operators like BT, O2, Vodafone, and Orange .
• Local Grid Company - Western Power Distribution
• Conservation - Natural England , RSPB, English Heritage, Environment Agency
• Local Interests - Parish Councils, local community, Council Officers, local groups

From Following our initial studies and ongoing Community Consultation, we have:

• Moved the turbines from the airfield on Davidstow Moor,
• Reduced the overall footprint of the Windfarm,
• Increased the separation distance from the turbines and the local houses,
• Sited the turbines away from the SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and ecological sensitive areas,
• Offered additional Community Benefits and Investments to the local area,
• Adjusted the location of turbines away from the existing communication links which run across the site,
• Revised the proposed enhancement to Davidstow Woods and the link footpaths to Crowdy and Roughtor.