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

6.3.8. Viewpoint 8: View north from King Road (adjacent to number 24)




                                                                             Crane in location of monopole
                                                                             (at height of 25 metres)




Figure 6.24 Viewpoint 8: View north from King Road – image with crane in place
Table 6-9 Assessment of Viewpoint 8: View north from King Road
 Description of       From this section of Kings Road, the landform descends north towards the Six Mile Creek valley. The
 the view             North Coast rail corridor and Chris Kenny Park can be seen in the foreground of this view. The middle
                      ground includes an undulating rural landscape consisting of acreage lifestyle properties set within a
                      rural bushland setting. The densely vegetated ridges and hillsides either side of Tablelands Road are
                      visible in the background of view, enclosing views to the proposal site. The existing Telstra 30-metre-
                      high monopole on Tablelands Road is not discernable from this location, due to the distance and
                      intervening elements.

 Description of       The monopole would be located on the rear side of the intervening vegetated ridge, in the background
 the Proposal         of view, approximately 2 kilometres from this location. The upper portion of the tower would rise
                      above the vegetation on the site and be viewed against the more elevated vegetated ridgelines of the
                      national park. Activity during construction would be screened by vegetation. Any tall machinery which
                      rises above the treeline during installation of the monopole would be seen against the backdrop of
                      vegetation.

 Visual Sensitivity   This view has a local visual sensitivity as it is from the local centre of Cooran.

 Visual               The monopole would be largely screened by vegetation and would be imperceptible in the background
 Modification         of this view. This view has a high visual absorption capacity with several other built elements amongst
                      the heavily vegetated, undulating landform.

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

 Level of Impact      Negligible visual impact




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