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Mount Druitt Commuter Car ParkReview of Environmental Factorslow visual quality. Mature trees within the Mount Street median and along the TAFEboundary create visual interest.The composition of the view would change with the addition of the car park whichwould be highly visible from Mount Street. The proposed car park would reducevisibility of the Centrelink building.The proposed car park scale would not exceed the scale of surrounding buildings andwould reinforce the built form edge along Mount Street.The visual impact would be positive. The proposed car park would occupy a vacant siteof poor visual quality. The building would complement the scale and massing ofsurrounding buildings and its function would be compatible with surrounding landuses. The proposed car park would also define the built edge along Mount Street.OvershadowingShadow diagrams have been prepared for the Proposal and are provided in Figures4.9.1 of Appendix D. The diagrams show that at 0900 the Proposal would partiallyshade the secured vehicle compound and entry area of the Mount Druitt Court House.By 1100 this area would be mostly in sun with minimal overshadowing along thewestern boundary of the Proposal site. The area overshadowed is a service compoundwith associated parking bays which would be partially in shade during the hours 0900to 1100 and in full sun for the rest of the day. The secured compound does not appearto be utilised for open space recreation, however it would be in full sun during theconventional lunch time period.At 0900 the North Parade street frontage would be shaded and would remain partiallyshaded throughout the day. At 1300 the Proposal would overshadow the landscapeembankment adjacent to the western boundary of the Proposal site. Overshadowing ofthis landscape area would increase during the afternoon but would not impact on theMount Street footpath.In the context of a commercial zone the shadowing impacts of the Proposal areconsidered acceptable.Light spillThe proposed car park would operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and the internallighting from the car park could spill into the surrounding environment. Headlights fromvehicles moving in and around the proposed car park may also cause light spill toneighbouring areas. The proposed mesh façade treatment would ensure that impactsof light spill are minimised. In addition, existing and proposed landscaping wouldfurther assist in filtering light spill from the car park. The proposed planting at groundlevel would provide a screen up to 900mm high, and the provision of clear stemmedcanopy trees would assist in filtering light spill from upper levels. Thus the impact oflight spill on the surrounding environment is not considered significant.ConstructionThere would be some temporary visual impacts during the construction phase such astemporary security fencing, stockpiling of materials, machinery and tree removal.These impacts would be consistent with the construction of a car park and are notconsidered significant. Nonetheless, mitigation measures have been identified toreduce visual impacts during construction.KMH-2010123a REF Rev 4 doc Page 62 of 116Status: Final