5.0 Planning Report Lot 15 Venture Drive

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             n1                                Acceptable solutions (if self
             Specific                        assessable) Probable solutions
O5           Outcomes
      The provision of                            (if codeprovided
                                        S5.1 Landscaping   assessable)
                                                                   which allows          Complies – Please refer to
landscaping is to a satisfactory        adequate visibility for casual surveillance      attached Design Drawings
standard ensuring that it does not      of public and semi-public spaces, including      and landscape plans for
lead to opportunities for               entrances and exits to sites and buildings,      details.
concealment and possible assault        by:
sites.                                  a) planting trees which have clean
                                             trunks to a height of at least 1.8 m;
                                             and
                                        b) appropriately spacing shrubs at 1.2m
                                             horizontal centres, with a maximum
                                             height of 0.75m, to avoid clumping
                                             and to retain sightlines.                   Complies – Please refer to
                                         S6.1 Street trees and trees in carparking       attached Design Drawings
O6 Street trees and plantings            areas achieve a maximum of 900mm                and landscape plans for
in towns and villages, carparks          clear trunk height for a 2.0m high tree at      details.
and other areas where potential          planting and are able to attain a clear
conflicts with vehicles and              trunk height of 1900mm on maturity; AND         Complies – Please refer to
pedestrians are evident, are            S6.2 All scrub planting to be a maximum          attached Design Drawings
planted so as to maximise               height of 700mm from the road pavement           and landscape plans for
vehicle and pedestrian safety.          (not top of kerb).                               details.
Services and utilities
O7 All landscaping works                S7.1 Plant species used in landscaping           N/A
maintain adequate safe distance         adjacent to substations, or adjacent to or
from services and utilities including   on electricity transmission line easements,
substations, overhead powerlines,       are less than 4m high at maturity and do
power poles and transformers,           not encroach within 3m of a substation
street lamps, stormwater                boundary;
catchment pits, and underground         OR
services and utilities.                 S7.2 For trees higher than 4m, trees are
                                        planted at a distance from any part of an
                                        electricity transmission line at least equal
Figure 14-17
                                        to the expected height of the tree at
                                        maturity (see Figure 14-17); AND
                                        S7.3 For power lines that connect to a
                                        premises, the height of plant species at
                                        maturity provides for a 2m clearance
                                        below the power line; (see Figure 14-18)
                                        AND
                                        S7.4 Trees and large scrubs are
                                        located a minimum of—
                                        a)      5m from electricity poles and pillars;
Figure 14-18                            b)      4m from street lamps;
                                        c)      2m from stormwater catchment pits;
                                                and
                                        d)      2m from underground services and
                                        utilities; AND
                                        S7.5 Plants are located to enable
                                        tradespersons to access, view and
                                        inspect service meters, such as water
                                        and electricity meters;
                                        AND
                                        S7.6 Root barriers are installed around
                                        trees that are located within 3m of any
                                        infrastructures or that have potentially
                                        invasive roots.




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