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

6.4.     Summary of visual impact                             Viewpoint 1) work to install upgrades to the
                                                              overhead power connection on existing power
The following tables summarise the potential                  poles (near 244 and 250 Tablelands Road) and
landscape and visual impacts of the project.                  extend the access track to the south and into
T ABLE 6.9   D AYTIME VISUAL IMPACT                           the site would be visible. The operational
                                                              monopole, however, would be entirely screened
    Location          Sensitivity   Modificati   Impact
                                    on
                                                              by intervening vegetation.
 1 View east from     Neighbou      No           Negligible   There are three dwellings in close proximity to
   Tablelands         rhood         perceived
   Road                             change                    the proposal site, at 250 and 268 Tablelands
 2 Views south        Neighbou      No           Negligible   Road to the north west and 226 Tablelands Road
   from               rhood         perceived
                                                              to the south of the site. The dwellings at 250
   Tablelands                       change
   Road                                                       and 268 are at a relatively similar elevation to
 3 View south         Regional      No           Negligible   the site, and approximately 100 metres and 200
   from Cooran                      perceived
   Tablelands                       change                    metres from the site respectively. In these views
   Lookout                                                    the proposal would be screened by intervening
 4 View south         Local         No           Negligible   vegetation (refer to Figures 6-6 and 6-8).
   from the Noosa                   perceived
   Trail                            change                    The dwelling at 226 Tablelands Road is located
 5 View               Local         No           Negligible
   southwest                        perceived                 approximately 200 metres to the south of the
   from the Noosa                   change                    site and below the level of the proposal site by
   Trail
                                                              approximately 30 metres (refer Figure 6.10 and
 6 View northeast     Neighbou      No           Negligible
   from Risley        rhood         perceived                 6-11). The primary view from this dwelling is to
   Court                            change                    the east and south towards Mt Pinbarren and
 7 Views north        Neighbou      No           Negligible
   from Brewers       rhood         perceived                 Mt Cooran. In views up the hill towards the site,
   Road                             change                    the monopole would be screened by intervening
 8 View north         Local         No           Negligible   vegetation. As this is a secondary view and in
   from King Road                   perceived
                                    change                    the middle to background of the view, there
 9 View north         Neighbou      No           Negligible   would be no impact on this view.
   from Queen         rhood         perceived
   Street                           change                    Overall, in views from Tablelands Road and
The following section describes the key findings              dwellings in close proximity to the site there
of this assessment.                                           would be no perceived change in the amenity of
                                                              these views. As these views are of
6.4.1. Views from Tablelands Road and                         neighbourhood visual sensitivity, this would
       adjacent dwellings within close                        result in a negligible impact.
       proximity to the site
                                                              6.4.2. Views from the north and Woondum
Tablelands Road is a narrow, partially sealed no                     National Park
through road, providing access to several rural
properties and the Tablelands Lookout. This                   There are several residential dwellings to the
road winds along a ridgeline through dense                    north of the site, on Tablelands Road, where the
bushland vegetation, adjacent to Woondum                      landform is elevated and undulating, including
National Park.                                                numbers 301, 303, 335, 374, 382, 398 and 428,
                                                              there are also properties to the northeast at
The proposal is located approximately 200                     414, 486 and 560 Tablelands Road. (refer
metres from Tablelands Road at its closest                    viewpoint 2, Figure 6.14 to 6.17 and Figure 6.26
point. In the view from Tablelands Road (refer                to 6.29) There is also a potential future house

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