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Wind farm impacts on landscape

Developers should assess the potential impacts of a wind farm proposal on Scotland’s landscapes.

View our guidance to find out how wind farms should be:

sited in those landscapes best able to accommodate them
designed to best relate to their setting and to minimise landscape and visual impacts

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See our visual representation guidance for onshore and offshore wind farm applications.

Last updated:17/05/2023

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