MCU18.0166 - Response to Information Request

6.6.     Summary of visual impact                               by intervening vegetation and if visible, would
                                                                be glimpsed above the tree canopy and in the
The following tables summarise the potential                    background of the view.
landscape and visual impacts of the project.
                                                                There are three dwellings in close proximity to
T ABLE 6.1     D AYTIME VISUAL IMPACT
                                                                the proposal site, at 250 and 268 Tablelands
    Location            Sensitivity   Modificati   Impact       Road to the north west and 226 Tablelands Road
                                      on                        to the south of the site. The dwellings at 250
 1 View east from       Neighbou      Low          Minor        and 268 are at a relatively similar elevation to
   Tablelands           rhood                      adverse
   Road                                                         the site, and approximately 100 metres and 200
 2 Views south          Neighbou      Low          Minor        metres from the site respectively (refer to
   from                 rhood                      adverse
                                                                Figures 6-8 and 6-10). In these views the
   Tablelands
   Road                                                         proposal would be screened by intervening
 3 View south           Regional      No           Negligible   vegetation so that there would only be glimpses
   from Cooran                        perceived
   Tablelands                         change                    to the upper level of the monopole, rising above
   Lookout                                                      the treeline, if at all.
 4 View northeast       Neighbou      Low –        Minor
   from Risley          rhood         Medium       adverse      The dwelling at 226 Tablelands Road is located
   Court                                                        approximately 200 metres to the south of the
 5 Views north          Neighbou      Low          Minor
   from Brewers         rhood                      adverse      site and below the level of the proposal site by
   Road                                                         approximately 30 metres (refer Figure 6.11 to 6-
 6 View north           Local         Low          Negligible
                                                                13). The primary view from this dwelling is to
   from King Road
 7 View north           Neighbou      No           Negligible   the east and south towards Mt Pinbarren and
   from Queen           rhood         perceived                 Mt Cooran. In views up the hill towards the site,
   Street                             change
                                                                the lower levels of the proposal would be
The following section describes the key findings                screened by intervening vegetation. The upper
of this assessment.                                             section of the monopole may be glimpsed above
                                                                this vegetation. As this is a secondary view and
6.6.1. Views from Tablelands Road and                           in the middle to background of the view, the
       adjacent dwellings within close                          magnitude of change would be low.
       proximity to the site
                                                                Overall, in views from Tablelands Road and
Tablelands Road is a narrow, partially sealed no                dwellings in close proximity to the site there
through road, providing access to several rural                 would be a low level of visual modification. As
properties and the Tablelands Lookout. This                     these views are of neighbourhood visual
road winds along a ridgeline through dense                      sensitivity, this would result in a minor adverse
bushland vegetation, adjacent to Woondum                        impact on views.
National Park.
                                                                6.6.2. Views from the north and Woondum
The proposal is located approximately 200
metres from Tablelands Road at its closest                             National Park
point. In the view from Tablelands Road (refer                  There are several residential dwellings to the
Vewpoint 1) work to install upgrades to the                     north of the site, on Tablelands Road, where the
overhead power connection on existing power                     landform is elevated and undulating, including
poles (near 244 and 250 Tablelands Road) and                    numbers 301, 303, 335, 374, 382, 398, and 428,
extend the access track to the south and into                   there are also properties to the northeast at 414
the site would be visible. The operational                      and 560 Tablelands Road. (refer viewpoint 2)
monopole, however, would be largely screened


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