2020-02-11 P&E Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 2 - MCU18-0166 - Visual Impact Assessment

Table 6-7 Assessment of Viewpoint 4: View northeast from Risley Court (adjacent to number 30)
 Description of the view   The fore and middle ground of this view includes the rural residential outskirts of northern
                           Cooran, consisting of acreage lifestyle properties with single storey dwellings, large gardens and
                           lawn areas within a rural bushland setting. The densely vegetated ridges and hillsides of the
                           Cooran tablelands can be seen in the background of this view, enclosing views to the proposal
                           site. The existing Telstra 30-metre-high monopole on Tablelands Road is visible but not
                           perceptible in this view.

 Description of the        The monopole would be located in the centre background of view, at a distance of
 Proposal                  approximately 1.6km, behind the lower ridgeline vegetation. The proposal would rise above the
                           trees on the site but not above the ridgeline vegetation beyond. The visible portion of the
                           monopole would be small and absorbed into this backdrop of vegetation. Construction activity
                           would also be screened by this intervening vegetation. Tall machinery may be visible above the
                           treeline but be viewed against the backdrop of vegetation.

 Visual Sensitivity        This view has a neighbourhood visual sensitivity as it is located on a local road near residential
                           dwellings and represents views from dwellings on the northern outskirts of Cooran, to the south
                           of the site.

 Visual Modification       The lower portions of the monopole would be screened by vegetation with the upper portion
                           rising above the treeline but viewed against a backdrop of vegetation. The project would be
                           absorbed into this view and difficult to discern from the surrounding vegetation.

                           There would be a no perceived change in the amenity of this view.

 Level of Impact           Negligible visual impact




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