Safety Impacts:
The safety aspect must also be considered along this route. The development will be bisected by the busy A1107, a historic coastal and major tourist route, described as “the road to tranquillity”. It has been described as “scenic and wild”, a status which will be lost and is a key attraction for visitors to the area. The fact that the road has 14 turbines on the west side and 8 turbines on the east side of the road will significantly increase the risk “driver distraction” (contravening Policy I20) which is already a notorious accident hot spot. With the turbines being so close to the A1107 (mast 12 – 105m, mast 13 – 90m and mast 19 <90m from the Howpark road), the potential risk of “shadow flicker” affecting drivers along that stretch of road is significantly increased (also contravening Policy I20).
Driver distraction and the possibility of shadow flicker for
Drivers along the A1107.