PROPOSED WIND GARDEN WIND FARM, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Produced for: Wind Garden (Pty) Ltd On behalf of: Savannah Environmental (Pty) Ltd 1st Floor, Block 2, 5 Woodlands Drive Office Park, Cnr Woodlands Drive & Western Service Road Woodmead, 2191 Produced by: Lourens du Plessis (PrGISc) t/a LOGIS PO Box 384, La Montagne, 0184 M: 082 922 9019 E:
[email protected] W: logis.co.za - February 2021 - 1. STUDY APPROACH 1.1. Qualification and Experience of the Practitioner 1.2. Assumptions and Limitations 1.3. Level of Confidence 1.4. Methodology 2. BACKGROUND AND PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 3. SCOPE OF WORK 4. RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND GUIDELINES 5. THE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 6. RESULTS 6.1. Potential visual exposure 6.2. Cumulative visual assessment 6.3. Visual distance / observer proximity to the WEF 6.4. Viewer incidence / viewer perception 6.5. Visual absorption capacity 6.6. Visual impact index 7. PHOTO SIMULATIONS 7.1. Viewpoint 1: before construction 7.2. Viewpoint 1: after construction 7.3. Viewpoint 1: after construction 7.4. Viewpoint 2: before construction 7.5. Viewpoint 2: after construction 7.6. Viewpoint 2: after construction 7.7. Viewpoint 3: before construction 7.8. Viewpoint 3: after construction 7.9. Viewpoint 3: after construction 7.10. Viewpoint 4: before construction 7.11. Viewpoint 4: after construction 7.12. Viewpoint 4: after construction 7.13. Viewpoint 5: before construction 7.14. Viewpoint 5: after construction 7.15. Viewpoint 5: after construction 8. VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 8.1. Impact rating methodology 8.2. Visual impact assessment 8.2.1.