Cooran IRR_MCU13-0051 · MCU13/0051

Response

Three photomontages have been prepared (refer to Attachment B) to illustrate how the proposed
facility will appear when viewed from the following locations:
     • Photomontage 1: (view looking south from the site’s frontage along Coles Creek Road)
     • Photomontage 2: (view looking north west from Schriebers Road - near junction with Sankeys
          Road)
     • Photomontage 3: (view looking north from Schreibers Road)

Photomontage 1 illustrates a view looking south towards the proposed facility from the site’s frontage
along Coles Creek Road. This view also demonstrates a similar view of motorists when travelling
along Coles Creek Road. As illustrated in Photomontage 1 views towards the facility from Coles Creek
Road will be obscured by existing vegetation aligning Schreibers Road and the facility will be
intermittently visible at a few minor clearings along Schreibers Road.

Whilst the monopole will only be visible from five (5) dwellings primarily to the north of the facility
(situated below and to the south of the vegetated Coles Creek Road corridor), the finished colour of
the facility (pale eucalypt) coupled with the hilltop backdrop provided to the monopole will significantly
reduce the visual impact of the facility when viewed from this direction. In addition, the proposed
facility will be set back more than 500 m from the nearest homes located along Coles Creek Road,
mitigating the likely appearance of the facility. These factors, in conjunction with the additional
screening provided by the proposed landscaping (prepared by Jeremy Ferrier Landscape Architects –
Refer to Attachment A), will further mitigate visually obtrusive views towards the facility from the
surrounding dwellings located along Coles Creek Road.

Photomontage 2 illustrates a view looking north west from Schriebers Road, at a clearing in the
vegetation, near the junction with Sankeys Road. This view illustrates that only a portion of the
monopole will be visible from areas located to the east of the proposed facility given the undulating
topography of the area, coupled with the existing mature vegetation in the area. In fact, the area near
to the intersection of Sankeys Road and Schreibers Road is one of the few locations to the east at
which the proposed facility may be visible. It is noted that those dwellings in the immediate vicinity of
this intersection are surrounded by dense vegetation, and any views towards the facility would be
intermittent at best.

As demonstrated in Photomontage 3, only the head frame of the proposed facility is visible when
viewed from Schreibers Road, given the existence of the hilltop located immediately south of the
facility. As you move closer north towards the hilltop, the proposed facility is not anticipated to be
visible at all, particularly from the dwellings located immediately south of the hilltop and aligning the
northern side of Schreibers Road. Whilst travelling along Schreibers Road the proposed facility will not
detract from the character of the area as it will be viewed in the context of the existing vertical
structures such as the HV Power Stanchions, one of which is located directly adjacent to Schreibers
Road (refer to Figure 2 below).