O/T for this thread but I've ran through that farm dozens of times on the SDW - in a nice twist the owner (must be in his 50s) did the SDW100 this year............
Agree with you on the appearance - it's looked like an extra-large SDW track for months, could have been a lot worse. Blended in OK...
Conditions appear to be 'restoring land to original condition'
https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/our-work/rampion-offshore-wind-farm/
Someone told me that they'd taken turf from the cabling route to Kew, where they are cultivating more of it to restore all the disturbed Downland to it's prior state. Don't know if this is true but given the national park status it might be.
Edit - some reference in here about 'restoring to...
Probably the cabling for the offshore wind farm - big scar on the landscape that goes up past the Youth Hostel on Truleigh Hill. Should be fully restored to 'Downland' once completed.