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Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal TQ Reference: PJ-PK-0001-REPT-018 8201510301/Report 003 Ver 3 Prepared for TQ Holdings Pty Ltd 9 November 2015 9 November 2015 Cardno i Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Contact Information Document Information Cardno South Coast Prepared for TQ Holdings Pty Ltd Trading as Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd Project Name Proposed Port Kembla ABN 95 001 145 035 Bulk Liquids Terminal File Reference Report 003 Ver 3 - Visual Level 1, 47 Burelli Street Impact Assessment - TQ PO Box 1285 Bulk Liquids Terminal.docx Wollongong NSW 2500 TQ Reference PJ-PK-0001-REPT- 018 Telephone: 02 4228 4133 Facsimile: 02 4228 6811 Job Reference 8201510301/Report 003 Ver 3 [email protected] Date 9 November 2015 www.cardno.com.au Version Number 3 Author(s): Effective Date 9 November 2015 Robert McKinlay Town Planner Date Approved: 9 November 2015 Approved By: Daniel Thompson Senior Environmental Planner Document History Version Effective Description of Revision Prepared by: Reviewed by: Date 2 29/09/2015 Final RJM DJT 3 9/11/2015 Revised after NSW Ports RJM AJL comments © Cardno. Copyright in the whole and every part of this document belongs to Cardno and may not be used, sold, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or on any media to any person other than by agreement with Cardno. This document is produced by Cardno solely for the benefit and use by the client in accordance with the terms of the engagement. Cardno does not and shall not assume any responsibility or liability whatsoever to any third party arising out of any use or reliance by any third party on the content of this document. 9 November 2015 Cardno i Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Executive Summary The Visual Impact Assessment has been completed by Cardno on Behalf of TQ Holdings Pty Ltd to support an application to construct and operate the Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal (PKBLT). The assessment has been conducted in accordance with the SEARs issued for the project. The assessment has identified that the subject site and surrounds has a low sensitivity to change. This results from the industrial and port uses which exist on and around the site. These existing uses and facilities provide a visual environment which contains shapes, materials and other visual elements which provide both a high level of visual complexity and a low level of visual quality. Consequently the proposed changes to this site from the proposed facility will not have a significant visual impact on the area as it has been assessed to not be sensitive to the proposed development. The visual impact assessment has been informed by a viewshed analysis using a LiDAR generated terrain model which includes existing buildings and trees. Consequently this provides a realistic assessment of the visibility of the most prominent features of the proposed development from key vantage points. The viewshed assessment identifies that the proposed facility will not be substantially visible from most locations in the surrounding area. To the west, PK BLT is sheltered by the existing Grain Corp terminal which blocks most lines of sight to the southwest and west. To the north in Coniston and the Wollongong CBD, the proposal is visible from scattered locations due to the interruption of lines of sight by vegetation and buildings. Particularly in the Wollongong CBD, it appears that the proposal will not be visible from most public streets, parks and spaces except for a small number of scattered locations. The proposal will be visible from beach side areas between Flagstaff Hill and the Wollongong Golf Club, however in these locations the proposal will appear in the context of the existing industrial facilities. Consequently the proposal is not considered to be substantially visible from areas outside the Port Kembla Port Precinct. The assessment considered the visual character of the proposal and found that the proposed structures, materials and scale of the proposal are similar to those of the existing industrial development. Consequently the proposal is considered to have a similar visual character to that of the existing development. Mitigation measures have been identified to reduce potential impacts. These include the use of materials and paints to mimic the existing industrial development as far as possible and implementation of lighting in accordance with AS 4282-1997 and AS/NZS 1680.5:2012 as appropriate. It is considered that with application of the recommended mitigation measures, the proposal will have minimal visual impact. 9 November 2015 Cardno ii Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose of Report and Legislative Context 1 1.2 Proposed Development 1 1.3 Site Description 1 1.3.1 Subject Site and Study Area 1 1.3.2 Locality 2 1.3.3 Sensitivity of the local landscape to change 2 2 Methods 5 2.1 Visual Impact Assessment 5 2.1.1 Preliminary Viewshed Analysis 5 2.1.2 Site Inspection 5 2.1.3 Visualisation of the Development 5 2.1.4 Assessment of Visual Impact 5 2.1.5 Lighting Impact Assessment 5 2.2 Visual Assessment Criteria 5 2.2.1 Sensitivity to Change 6 2.2.2 Visibility of the Proposal 6 2.2.3 The visual character of the development 6 3 Visual Impact Assessment 8 3.1 Viewshed Analysis 8 3.2 Site Inspection 8 3.2.1 Site Photos 8 3.2.2 Existing Views to the Site 10 3.3 Visualisation of the Development 15 3.4 Surrounding Development 16 3.5 Lighting Impact Assessment 17 3.5.1 Existing Sources of Light Pollution 17 3.5.2 Lighting Requirements of the Proposal 17 3.5.3 Lighting Design 17 3.5.4 Luminaire Selection 17 3.5.5 Luminaire Position and Mounting Height 18 3.6 Visual Impacts of the Proposed Development 18 3.6.1 Sensitivity to Change 18 3.6.2 Visibility of the Proposal 18 3.6.3 Visual Character of the Development 18 4 Conclusion & Recommendations 21 4.1 Conclusions 21 4.2 Recommendations 21 9 November 2015 Cardno iii Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal Tables Table 1-1 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) 1 Figures Figure 1-1 Site Plan 3 Figure 1-2 Location Plan 4 Figure 2-1 View-shed Analysis 7 Figure 3-1 View towards the berth area and Site 2 from the waterway (Viewpoint 4) 9 Figure 3-2 View towards the proposed fuel tanks on Site 1 from Tom Thumb Road (Viewpoint 6) 9 Figure 3-3 Panorama from waterway to the Inner Harbour including the GrainCorp Silos and new silos under construction (View Point 9) 10 Figure 3-4 View towards the site from Wollongong Golf Course (View Point 1) 10 Figure 3-5 View towards the site from Robwald Avenue, Coniston (View Point 2) 11 Figure 3-6 View towards the site from Port Kembla Harbour Entrance (View Point 3) 12 Figure 3-7 View towards the site from Mount Keira (View Point 5) 13 Figure 3-8 View towards the site from Flagstaff Hill (View Point 7) 14 Figure 3-9 View towards the site from Hill 60 (View Point 8) 14 Figure 3-10 Visualisation from Mount Keira (View Point 5) 15 Figure 3-11 Visualisation from Flagstaff Hill (View Point 7) 16 Figure 3-12 View Point Location Plan 19 Figure 3-13 Indicative Plan Showing Adjoining Developments 20 Appendices Appendix A Photo Plates from View Points 9 November 2015 Cardno iv Visual Impact Assessment Proposed Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of Report and Legislative Context This Visual Impact Assessment has been undertaken on behalf of TQ Holdings Pty Ltd (TQ Holdings) to identify potential visual impacts as a result of the Port Kembla Bulk Liquids Terminal (PKBLT) at selected sensitive receivers through the consideration of impacts at key viewpoints. The site of the Proposal is located at Lot 2 DP1125445, Lot 301 DP1148391 and Lot 11 DP1182111 in Port Kembla. This assessment has been developed in accordance with the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) as detailed in Table 1-1. Table 1-1 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirement Key Issues Visual Amenity – including: . An assessment of the potential visual impacts of the proposed development on the amenity of the surrounding area; This assessment also considers the potential cumulative impact of adjacent developments, including the Quattro Grain Terminal which is currently under construction on an adjoining site within the Port Precinct. 1.2 Proposed Development TQ Holdings is proposing to construct and operate the PKBLT with capacity of up to 288 ML of storage for combustible and flammable liquids on land situated between existing GrainCorp and Port Kembla Coal Terminal operations in the Inner Harbour area of Port Kembla. The proposed development will occur on land zoned SP1 – Special Activities under State Environmental Planning Policy (Three Ports) 2013. 1.3 Site Description 1.3.1 Subject Site and Study Area The subject site comprises the development site from which visual impacts would potentially be generated. The study area includes all areas that are potentially impacted upon by the proposal. The subject site consists of three parcels of land and a berth as identified in Figure 1-1 and includes: Site 1 – Combustible and flammable bulk liquids storage and pump bay. Site 2 – Combustible and flammable bulk liquids storage and truck loading facilities.
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