Works Approval Application Appendix L. Landscape and visual assessment Prospect Hill Energy from Waste Plant Prospect Hill LVIA Rev 0 24 September 2020 Prospect Hill International Prospect Hill LVIA Prospect Hill International Prospect Hill LVIA Prospect Hill Energy From Waste Plant Project No: IS305100 Document Title: Prospect Hill LVIA Revision: 0 Date: 24 September 2020 Client Name: Prospect Hill International Project Manager: Kate Munro Author: Brigitte Walsh & Alexandra Elliott File Name: Prospect Hill EfW LVIA_Rev0 Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited ABN 37 001 024 095 Floor 11, 452 Flinders Street Melbourne VIC 3000 PO Box 312, Flinders Lane Melbourne VIC 8009 Australia T +61 3 8668 3000 F +61 3 8668 3001 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2019 Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This document has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this document by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description Author Checked Reviewed Approved Draft #1 06.07.2020 Draft for internal review BW & AE AE HB KM Draft #2 16.07.2020 Draft for internal review BE & AE AE HB KM Draft #3 0 Draft for internal review BE & AE TB KM - i Prospect Hill LVIA Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Assessment Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Project Description ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 2.2 The Study Area ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2.1 Zones of Visual Influence ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Policy and Planning ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.4 Landscape Character Units and Sensitivity ................................................................................................................... 2 2.5 Assessment of Publicly Accessible Viewpoints ........................................................................................................... 3 2.6 Scale of Effects ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.6.1 Nil Visual Impact ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.6.2 Negligible Visual Impact ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.6.3 Low Visual Impact ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.6.4 Medium/Moderate Visual Impact .................................................................................................................................... 4 2.6.5 High Visual Impact ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.7 Residential Impacts ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.8 Mitigation Options .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.9 Photomontages ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3. Project Description ................................................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Subject Site ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 Project Infrastructure............................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.3 Relevance to this assessment ......................................................................................................................................... 10 4. Study Area ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 4.1 Zones of Visual Influence .................................................................................................................................................. 11 5. Policy and Planning Review .............................................................................................................................. 14 5.1 Victorian Planning Policy (VPP) ..................................................................................................................................... 14 5.1.1 Clause 12.05-2S Landscapes .......................................................................................................................................... 14 5.1.2 Clause 13.07 Land use compatibility ........................................................................................................................... 14 5.1.3 Clause 17.03-2S Sustainable industry ........................................................................................................................ 14 5.2 Local Planning Policy Framework (LPPF) ................................................................................................................... 15 5.2.1 Clause 21.13 - Lara ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 5.3 Land-use Zones within the Viewshed .......................................................................................................................... 15 5.4 Subject Site Zoning ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 5.4.1 IN2Z – Industrial 2 Zone .................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.5 Overlays (Subject Site) ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.5.1 DDO18 – Geelong Ring Road Employment Precinct ............................................................................................. 17 5.6 Overlays within the Viewshed ......................................................................................................................................... 18 5.6.1 Significant Landscape Overlays (SLO) ......................................................................................................................... 19 5.6.2 SLO1 – Foothills of the You Yangs ................................................................................................................................ 19 - ii Prospect Hill LVIA 5.6.3 Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO) ................................................................................................................ 19 5.6.4 ESO1 – Areas of flora and fauna habitat of geological and natural interest ................................................ 20 5.6.5 ESO2 – High Value Wetlands and Associated Habitat Protection .................................................................... 20 5.6.6 ESO3 – Mt Misery Creek, Surface Hill – Smythedale, Klein and Swanston Road area, Dereel, Swamp road – Dereel, Yarrowee Creek, Teesdale reserve, Moorabool valley, Sutherland Creek, Meredith, Steiglitz .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 5.6.7 ESO4 – Grasslands within the Werribee Plains Hinterland .................................................................................. 20 5.7 Other relevant documents ............................................................................................................................................... 21 5.7.1 Native Vegetation