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DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NPF4 AND LOCAL POLICY Examines whether the revised development complies with NPF4, LDP2 and the wider statutory development plan when considered as a whole. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL HARM, INCLUDING THE FLEET VALLEY NATIONAL SCENIC AREA Considers the remaining significant landscape and visual effects, including impacts on designated landscapes, residents, recreational users and recognised viewpoints. HARM TO THE SCHEDULED MONUMENT AT LOCH MANNOCH Assesses the continuing significant effect on the Scheduled Monument at Loch Mannoch and whether the revised scheme adequately protects its setting and cultural significance. ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY Examines the development’s effects on habitats, peatland and protected species, including the reliance on mitigation, restoration and monitoring. FISH AND THE WATER ENVIRONMENT Considers potential impacts on fish populations, watercourses, aquatic habitats and the wider water environment arising from construction and associated infrastructure. ORNITHOLOGY Assesses the adequacy of the bird survey evidence, collision-risk modelling and protection of sensitive and protected bird species. PEAT, CARBON-RICH SOILS AND PEAT LANDSLIDE RISK Examines the effects of peat disturbance, carbon-rich soils, hydrology and peat stability, including whether the worst-case impacts have been adequately assessed. FORESTRY, WOODLAND AND TREES Considers woodland loss, long-established woodland, ecological value and whether proposed compensatory planting is sufficiently defined and capable of replacing lost functions. NOISE AND RESIDENTIAL AMENITY Examines turbine noise and the wider effect of the development on residential amenity, including the combined experience of noise and visual change. CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON BALANCE Considers the renewable energy and carbon benefits of the revised scheme alongside peat, woodland, biodiversity and other environmental costs. GRID CONNECTION AND RAESHAW FARMS Examines whether the unresolved grid connection has been assessed sufficiently to satisfy the legal principles established in Raeshaw Farms. EIA REGULATIONS, DESIGN FLEXIBILITY AND DEFERRED ASSESSMENT Considers whether the environmental assessment contains enough information to support determination without unlawfully deferring significant matters until after consent. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS Examines the combined effects of Lairdmannoch with other existing, consented and reasonably foreseeable renewable energy and grid infrastructure.