Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
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C.3.2.4<br />
Preliminary community values analysis<br />
In consultation with the local Council (and other relevant agencies or groups if<br />
appropriate), identify and document in a preliminary manner:<br />
• The various groups in the local community who may hold values relating to the wind<br />
farm site and surrounding landscape.<br />
• Any strongly-held community values which may not be formally recognised, but<br />
which may influence the development of a wind farm in the landscape.<br />
• Opportunities for direct consultation with stakeholders and local communities in the<br />
Full Landscape Assessment (page 80). Options for establishing contact should also be<br />
considered in conjunction with the Community and Stakeholder Consultation<br />
specialist. These options may include telephone or face to face surveys, and focus<br />
groups.<br />
• Community/stakeholder types include any individual, business or group who may live<br />
or work in proximity to a wind farm, or who may have an interest or association with a<br />
wind farm development or its potential impacts. Stakeholders may include<br />
community members (including the Aboriginal community), statutory and nonstatutory<br />
agencies, businesses, interest groups and organisations.<br />
Depending on the project and the landscape risks identified, it may be worthwhile<br />
establishing a dialogue with some or all of the stakeholders identified above at this stage.<br />
The community values analysis should also assess existing documentation (such as tourism<br />
brochures and guidebooks) for indications about community and other values attached<br />
to landscapes in the vicinity of the subject land.<br />
Documentation (which could include material collected such as tourism brochures) should<br />
be sufficiently rigorous to:<br />
• Draw preliminary conclusions about the likely strength of community feeling about the<br />
landscape in which the subject land is sited.<br />
• Draw preliminary conclusions about the potential for landscapes in the vicinity of the<br />
wind farm to be later found to have significance even if not presently subject to<br />
statutory protection.<br />
• Provide the basis for the brief for the C.4.1.4 Community values<br />
analysis (page 16).<br />
C.3.2.5<br />
Identification of possible cumulative impacts<br />
Other wind farms, major infrastructure and/or large scale developments (e.g. industrial,<br />
urban, agricultural) in the study area or region need to be identified.<br />
Furthermore, information should be sought from local relevant authorities about other<br />
projects in the region that have been approved but not yet built or that are being<br />
developed in parallel with the wind farm. Such projects would include other wind farms,<br />
major infrastructure and/or large scale developments (e.g. industrial, urban, agricultural) in<br />
the study area or region.<br />
A map needs to be prepared to illustrate the base cumulative impact of the wind farm<br />
development (see Cumulative impact mapping Practice Note, Section C.7.9).<br />
C.4 Planning Application<br />
C.4.1 Full Landscape Assessment<br />
The output from the tasks below is a Full Landscape Assessment Report that aims to inform<br />
the next phase - Visual Impact Assessment (C.4.2.) by:<br />
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