Jupiter Wind Farm

I purchased a simple elevated country property on Taylors Creek road because the aspect offered extensive panoramic views towards the East and Coastal Ranges. I am not a farmer and simply enjoy the piece and serenity of this area, even though I have to drive 1.5 hours to work and back each day. A fence line of spinning turbines directly in front of my property, that I will be unable to look away from, will certainly affect my health and wellbeing. This installation will almost complete a 360 degree circle around my property, when considering the current installations.

Installation of the Jupiter windfarm will totally destroy the panorama I enjoy, subsequently devaluating my property even further.

This region is becoming a rural industrial hub, already has 3 wind farms, a huge waste management facility at Woodlawn,dealing with over a million tonnes a year of Sydney garbage the re opening of the Woodlawn mine and the proposal for a huge solar farm near Bungendore.

I wish to object to the proposal because of the visual impacts to our property. The outlook from our property faces directly towards where the turbines will be situated. I will be faced with the potential of having turbines towering greater than 170 m tall at a distance barely a kilometre away. They will dominate the ridge and destroy the amenity of the property. I chose to live away from the city becasue I want to be part of the bush and having such industrial sized strucutures that close is horrifying. We searched long and hard for the right property and we decided that this property was the one becasue of its outlook. Because it was unlikely that we would be able to see any other signs of society. When I turn onto the dirt road it means I am leaving society behind. We generate out own power, we have composting toilets, we don't have TV, we try to be as self sufficient as we can so that we can step out of society for even the littlest amount of time while we are home and that is going to be destroyed every timer we walk out the dootr and are greated by giant turbines. I appreciate the benefits to the environment of green power and I have children and hope that there is still a habitable planet for them in the future but I'm doing my bit for the planet already and don't want giant turbines on my doorstep and they are literally on the doorstep.

I object to this submission on the following points
1. In the EIS our property is mentioned and they have proposed planting trees less than 2m from my home to block out the view of turbines This is a fire hazard as well as it would take at least 20 years for the view to obscured. Given the two fires near our property 654 Boro rd Dec 11 and the Currendooley Jan 17 making this type screen is irresponsible and not really researched fully.
2. The EIS makes no mention of the 16 turbines that are to be sited behind my home. One is 1.6km from the back verandah. No mention is made of how these are to be screened from view.
3. We already have poor mobile signal, TV only through a very large antenna and internet through a satellite dish at 500% more cost than an average home in suburbia. If this proposal goes ahead we will lose all of this and only at further cost will it become available through satellite and then also no local content.
4. Most of these concerns have been raised through consultation and have been dismissed through vague generalisations or scientific mumbo jumbo which when examined doesnt pertain to our circumstances or location.
5. This project has caused a lot of anxiety for myself as I do not want to move but having these turbines surrounding me is not why we bought here ten years ago. This is a rural RESIDENTIAL block with over 30 similar blocks around us.

I object to the proposed Jupiter Wind Farm as the wind mills will be a very substantial eye-sore situated less than 1km from my dwelling and stretching along the length of the ridge which makes up the only view. This will greatly reduce the value of my property and the number of potential buyers in the future. This represents a very large devaluation of my only major asset.

I have had discussions with representatives of the wind farm and found quite disturbing the wide range of issues not mentioned, instead focusing on a strategy of very meager yearly payments contingent on my signing what they termed an "agreement" but I believe any fool could see was a legally binding contract, witnessed and copied to all and sundry. Clauses in this "agreement" effectively stripped me of any rights as a land owner. One in particular required that upon any future sale of the property I must ensure that a potential buyer agree to and sign a copy of the same "agreement".

Take a moment to think about this!

WTF!

please view the attached document regarding my obejection.

Planning Services
Department of Planning & Environment
GPO Box 39
Sydney NSW 2001

Attention: Executive Director - Resource Assessments & Business Systems

Kenneth Pitman

218 Watsons Road
Warri 2622


[email protected]

0414731226



Re Jupiter Wind Farm Proposal SSD 13_6277

I object to the proposed Jupiter wind farm.

I object until such time as your department has provided evidence, which will stand up in court, that the wind farm will not blight the view from my particular property or surrounding areas and will not in any way, such as noise, harm our sleep or health or harm our amenity on this property or in other ways harm our lifestyle, including reception for TV, radio, mobile phone and internet, and that it will not increase the bushfire threat to my property or increase the difficulty of protecting my property from bushfires or devalue my property.

I look forward to the provision by you of fully researched analysis independent of the developer, in relation to this particular property, to establish there will be no harm and, in the absence of such evidence, register my objection.

I have no reportable political donations in the previous two years.



Ken Pitman

Please see attached.

See attached

Please see attached submission - Chapter 1

Please see submission in Attachment 1

Please find attached Chapter 2 - Traffic and Transport

Please find attached my submission on deficiencies and oversight contained in Annex J, Aeronautical assessment report

Over the last few years, and more recently on the 12-13th December 2017, grass and bushfires have occurred in both the Mt Fairy and Boro localities.
Air support has played a crucial role in effectively fighting these fires, protecting both property and important habitats utilised by vulnerable species. This air support has included helicopters (mapping and water dumps) and large planes (applying fire retardant - see attached photo).
Given the number and size of the planned wind turbines it would be dangerous and practically impossible to deploy these aircraft in the vicinity of any turbine.
If the wind farm proceeds how will our properties receive adequate protection from fire if we are unable to receive air support, particularly as many areas are inaccessible to vehicles? Our small community is deeply concerned by this issue.
Also as an owner of a 40 hectares with a high level of ecological diversity and provides habitat for a number of vulnerable native birds such as glossy black cockatoos, scarlet robins - and other native species such as wedged-tailed eagles. I am greatly concerned about the impact of the turbines on both their habitat and flight paths. Given the number of eagles which are killed by turbines each year, I am troubled by the proposal to place such large turbines in an area that supports many native bird species which are already under threat.
While I support renewable energy (having a stand alone solar system myself) I don't feel these giant turbines are necessarily appropriate in areas such as Mt Fairy and Boro. I'm perplexed about the drive for wind power when there are other less intrusive options for renewable energy.

Objection to Jupiter Wind Farm Project

Please find attached my submission to this proposal ref transport

I object to the Jupiter Wind Farm Proposal - My submission to Section 13 and Annex H - Transport Impact Assessment is attached

This extract from the EIS says it all:-

"There are 63 non-involved dwellings (including not yet constructed ) located within 2 km of a (at least one) proposed WTG . In excess of a further 200 dwellings occur beyond 2 kms of WTGs and within a 5 km buffer of the former PA that are not directly involved with the proposed development (also non-involved landholders)"

That is, 63 within 2kms and in excess of 263 within 5kms.

The attached plan lays this out very clearly.

If we extrapolate an average of 2.5 persons per dwelling, that's in excess of 600 persons within 5kms.

This ignores places of work, etc.

88 WTG's in two condensed pockets. Two walls barricading against air traffic.

Reading the area fire occurrence statistics, no aerial fire fighting support could result in devastating damage to property, animals and humans.

There must be accountability for any form of approval of this outrageous development application.

Please see my attached submission on the need for a peer review of the Jupiter Turbine layout

Please see my submission attached on the supposed jobs to be created.

Document attached.