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Crowlands Wind Farm

Planning & Environmental Report

Report Summary

Volume1: Planning Application

Part A - Planning & Environmental Report
Part B - Draft Management Plans & Mitigation Measures
Part C - Figures & Photomontages

Figures
1 Project Site Location
2 Victorian Wind Atlas map
3 Investigated alternative wind farm sites
4 State Forests and Parks
5 Investigation area and local features
6 Aerial photograph
7 Geology map
8 Land use and dwellings
9A Development envelopes Cadastral map
9B Development envelopes Topography map
9C Development envelopes Aerial photograph
10 Indicative layout
11 Electricity infrastructure
12 Landowner boundary and tenure
13 Wind resource
14 Drainage catchments
15 External access options
16 Internal access routes and slopes
17 Photomontage viewpoints
18 Aboriginal community regions
19 Noise compliance
20 Shadow flicker compliance
21 Aerodrome locations
22 Existing high points and obstacles locations
23 Municipal boundaries
24 Planning zones
25 Environmental significance overlay
26 Design and development overlay
27 Restructure overlay
  Aviation night lighting - CASA guidelines
  Aviation night lighting - high points and linear extent

Photomontages
1A Viewpoint 1a From Pyrenees Highway
1B Viewpoint 1b From Pyrenees Highway
1C Viewpoint 1c From Pyrenees Highway
2A Viewpoint 2a From Pyrenees Highway
2B Viewpoint 2b From Pyrenees Highway
2C Viewpoint 2c From Pyrenees Highway
3A Viewpoint 3a From Hankin Track, Glenlofty
3B Viewpoint 3b From Hankin Track, Glenlofty
3C Viewpoint 3c From Hankin Track, Glenlofty
4 Viewpoint 4 From Landsborough
5A Viewpoint 5a From Crowlands Church
5B Viewpoint 5b From Crowlands Church
5C Viewpoint 5c From Crowlands Church
6 Viewpoint 6 From Ben Nevis

Volume2: Specialist Consultant Reports

  Community
2004 New Wind Farm Proposal Issue 1
New Wind Farm Proposal Public Information Session
New Wind Farm Proposal Public Information Session
Wind Farm Questionnaire

2006 Public Information Sessions
ABC Ballarat Interview
New Wind Farm Proposal Issue 2
Media articles
Community input invited for proposed Crowlands wind farm
Media Release
Project Update

2007 Festival of the Wind
Pyrenees Advocate

AusWEA Fact Sheets Wind Farm Basics
Wind Farming & the Australian Electricity System
Wind Farming & The Environment
Wind Farming & Tourism
Wind Farm Siting Issues
Wind Farms & Noise
Wind Farms & Visual Amenity
Wind Farms & Bird & Bat Impacts
Wind Farming On A Traditional Farm
Wind Farming, Electromagnetic Radiation & Interference
Wind Farm Safety Issues
Wind Farms & Land Values

Access and Traffic Management Report
Preliminary Engineering Investigation
Landscape and Visual Assessment
Flora and Fauna Investigations
Preliminary Geotechnical Report
Report on Preliminary Cultural Heritage Investigation
Crowland Wind Farm Noise Assessment
Investigation Of Possible Impacts on Broadcasting and Radiocommunication Services
Planning Report On Behalf of The Permit Applicant Crowlands Wind Energy Project

Correspondence
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria Cultural Heritage
Ararat Aerodrome
Airservices Australia
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Environment Effects Act
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Heritage Victoria
Northern Grampians Shire Council
VicRoads

 

  Crowlands Wind Farm Submissions
 
1 EPA
2 GWM Water
3 T.W and V.A Mortyn
4 Frank Campbell
5 B.C & R.M. Leslie
6 CFA
7 The Highlanders
8 DSE
9 Vic Roads
10 Lansborough Valley Estate
11 G Stafford. E Duxbury
12 R John
13 RS & IS Burns
14 D & F Boatman
15 P Start
16 Pyreness Shire
17 B Leslie
18 Sustainability Victoria
19 Shaw
20 WCMA
21 Ararat Greenhouse Action Group

Expert Witness Statement
 
1 Planning
2 Aviation
3 Landscape and Visual
 - Appendix A
 - Appendix B
4 Noise
5 Transport
6 Construction and Erosion
7 Flora and Fauna
8 Internal Access
9 Geomorphology
10 Cultural Heritage