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T ABLE 2.1 - V ISUAL SENSITIVITY LEVELS                   summarised in Table 2-2 Typical Indictors of
                                                          Visual Modification.
 Visual
 sensitivity   Description
 level                                                    Visual impact is the combined result of
                                                          sensitivity together with the level of
               Views where visual amenity is important
               at a neighbourhood scale, such as views    modification. The visual impact may be adverse
 Neighbour
               seen from local roads, briefly glimpsed    or beneficial and at a level of Very high through
 hood
               views to landscape features, and views     to negligible. (refer table 2.3)
               from small groups of residences.
                                                          T ABLE 2.3 – V ISUAL IMPACT LEVELS
               View of high quality or experienced by
               concentrations of residents and/or local                                              Sensitivity
 Local
               recreational users, and/or large
               numbers of road or rail users.                                           Neighbou-
                                                                                                        Local      Regional
                                                                                          rhood
               Heavily experienced view to a feature or
               landscape that is iconic to a major                                      Moderate        High         High
                                                                         High
 Regional      portion of a city or a non-metropolitan                                   adverse       adverse      adverse
               region, or an important view from an
                                                                                          Minor       Moderate       High
               area of regional open space.                              Medium
                                                          Modification
                                                                                         adverse       adverse      adverse

                                                                                          Minor         Minor      Moderate
A number of principles have been identified that                         Low
                                                                                         adverse       adverse      adverse
relate to how well a telecommunications tower                            No perceived
                                                                                        Negligible    Negligible   Negligible
can be absorbed into the landscape and what is                           change
considered to be more or less visually                                                   Minor        Moderate       High
                                                                         Improvement
harmonious. The principles that will be applied                                          benefit       benefit      benefit
generally to the viewpoint assessment, are




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