MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

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Landscape Code
   Landscaping Code

   Specific Outcomes                                              Acceptable Solutions/Probable Solutions                           Compliance

   14.134 General requirements

   Streetscape and amenity                                        S1.1 Landscaped areas, not less than the minimum areas and        Complies with the Specific Outcome:
   O1 Sufficient landscaped areas are provided to—                dimensions specified in Tables 14-56 or 14-57, are provided and   The proposal complies with the specific
   a) enhance the visual amenity and natural landscape            maintained; AND                                                   outcomes because:
   character of the area, streetscape and local area;                                                                                   (a) landscaping has been designed to
   b) retain natural landscape features, such as rock outcrops                                                                              coordinate with the natural
   and existing large trees;                                                                                                                landscape character placing
   c) retain existing native vegetation and enhance buffer                                                                                  emphasis on integrating the local
   areas around property boundaries;                                                                                                        environmental character and visual
   d) suit the relative size and nature of the development and                                                                              amenity into the streetscape and
   its setting;                                                                                                                             open space areas;
   e) reduce the visual impact of large or bulky structures and                                                                         (b) Protection of large trees has been
   fencing along watercourses; and                                                                                                          considered and integrated into the
   f) conceal service, carparking and loading areas of                                                                                      Landscape Design;
   developments;                                                                                                                        (c) Significant vegetated buffers have
   g) screen incompatible land uses; and                                                                                                    been integrated into the character
   h) provide privacy between any dwelling units and                                                                                        of the site, with empathises on
   accommodation units on and adjoining the site to a height                                                                                buffers between the different land
   and density appropriate to the scale of the development.                                                                                 uses and the external environment;
                                                                                                                                        (d) Layered use of endemic species
                                                                                                                                            along major vehicle flow paths has
                                                                                                                                            been used to ground treat the built
                                                                                                                                            form of the site;
                                                                                                                                        (e) Selective use of landscape
                                                                                                                                            screening and feature plants has
                                                                                                                                            been used to reduce the visual
                                                                                                                                            impact of the built forms;




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