Appendix D - Visual Impact Assessment

                                                                                        Visual Assessment Report
                                                                                        0B1B2BNoosa Boat Shed




Table of Contents
      1          Introduction and Background                                                                  1
                 1.2          Objectives                                                                      1
                 1.3          Site Description                                                                2
                 1.4          The Boatshed                                                                    4
                 1.5          Field Assessment                                                               12
                 1.6          Visual Impact Analysis principles                                              13
      2          Planning Scheme Intentions                                                                  14
                 2.1          Noosa Plan 2006                                                                14
                 2.2          Draft Noosa Plan 2019                                                          15
      3          Character, Context and Visibility                                                           18
                 3.1          Noosaville                                                                     18
                 3.2          Local Area                                                                     19
      4          Visual Assessment                                                                           21
                 4.1          Visibility Analysis                                                            21
      5          Visual Amenity & Landscape Character Impacts                                                41
                 5.1          Visibility Analysis Summary                                                    41
                 5.2          Impacts in the Context of Planning Criteria                                    41
                 5.3          Community Expectations and Values                                              42
      6          Conclusion                                                                                  43

Appendices

Appendix A Architectural Package (NRA co-lab)
Appendix B Landscape Package (Cardno)



Figures
Figure 1-1   Location map of subject land                                                                     1
Figure 1-2   Noosaville locality context map (site shown in red) (Nearmap, 2018)                              2
Figure 1-3   Plates 1-4 Russell Park (top left), Russell Street Park (top right), Munna Beach and boat launch
             (bottom left) and Cottonwood trees along Russell Street (bottom right)                          3
Figure 1-4   Plate 5 Existing boatshed as seen from Noosa River (2018)                                        4
Figure 1-5   Survey heights of the existing boat shed (2019)                                                  5
Figure 1-6   Original brick building and boatshed plans c.1974                                                6
Figure 1-7   Boatshed plans for expansion c.2000 (highlighted plan, perspective view)                         6
Figure 1-8   Plate 6 The previous boatshed (undated photograph supplied by resident from Unit 4, 5-7
             Russell Street)                                                                                  7
Figure 1-9   Demolition Plan (Prepared by DHPW, 2017).                                                        7
Figure 1-10 The Proposed Site Plan (NRA co-lab, updated 2019)                                                 8

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