Cover Letter - Response to Information Request

The future house sites will also protect the scenic amenity of the locality, consistent with PO11 and AO11 of
the Rural Residential Zone Code, for the following reasons:

    •   Black Mountain Range Road generally follows the highest part of the ridgeline adjoining the site;
    •   the nominated future house sites will be situated below the elevation of the ridgeline along which
        Black Mountain Range Road is located;
    •   existing vegetation along the road verge and property frontages will be substantially retained,
        providing screening of future development;
    •   having regard to the combination of existing vegetation, topography and the lower elevation of the
        proposed house sites, future dwellings will not be visually prominent from Black Mountain Range
        Road and, in some locations, may not be visible at all; and
    •   this relationship is demonstrated in the streetscape photographs provided by Mudos, and Figure 1
        below which provides a view of the existing dwelling, which is located on a higher and more visually
        prominent part of the site and will remain the dominant built element when viewed from the road.

Accordingly, the proposed subdivision and nominated future house sites respond appropriately to the
physical and environmental characteristics of the land while maintaining the rural residential and scenic
character of the locality.




Figure 1 – View of existing dwelling from Black Mountain Range Road