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Table 6-3 Assessment of Viewpoint 2b: View from 398 and 428 Tablelands Road
 Description of the view   These residences are generally orientated southeast towards Mount Pinbarren and other more
                           distant Glass House Mountains. The views from these properties are therefore oriented away
                           from the site.
 Description of the        The proposal would be located approximately 800 metres to the south to southwest of these
 Proposal                  residences. The viewshed diagrams show the site not within view of these properties due to
                           intervening landform. Refer Figure 6-16 and 6-17.
                           It is possible that the upper portion of the tower may rise above the intervening landform and
                           vegetation, however, this would be a very small element in a view and not in line with any of the
                           features of these views, which are to the south east.
 Visual Sensitivity        This view has a neighbourhood visual sensitivity as it is located on a rural road and represents
                           views from a small group of rural dwellings.
 Visual Modification       Level of modification (Low, Medium, High)                                             L     M      H
 Distance                  Background of the view (800 metres)
 Scale                     Relatively thin structure and small within the scale of the landscape
 Landform & contrast       Undulating, including a network of hills, ridges and valleys associated with the
                           Cooran Tablelands. The vertical monopole would somewhat contrast with the
                           surrounding undulating landscape.
 Scale of land use         Large tracts of vegetation interspersed with small scale rural land uses,
                           including farming, grazing and individual dwellings with existing transmission
                           lines within the view, and able to absorb the scale of the proposal
 Backdrop                  The tower would be seen rising partly above a vegetated hillside backdrop
 Form                      The monopole structure would be seen as a small and simple component in
                           the periphery of this view.
                           Overall, if visible, the monopole would comprise a small element in the
                           background of this view. It would be a peripheral element and largely
                           absorbed as it would be seen amongst trees, and not in line with the focal
                           points of these views.
                           There would be a low level of visual modification.
 Level of Impact           Minor adverse visual impact




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