MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

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Landscaping Code

Specific Outcomes                                              Acceptable Solutions/Probable Solutions                                    Compliance

                                                               S7.6 Root barriers are installed around trees that are located within 3m   Tree species with invasive roots will not be
                                                               of any infrastructures or that have potentially invasive roots.            utilized within this development. If they are
                                                                                                                                          used, Tree guards will be incorporated.

Entry statements                                               S8.1 No solution provided.                                                 Complies with the Specific Outcome:
O8 Tree and plant massing are the dominant features of                                                                                    The proposal complies with the specific
entry statements to residential or commercial estates and                                                                                 outcomes because a balance will be achieved
are integrated with the landscape theme of the estate and                                                                                 between the hardscape and the softscape
the natural landscape character of the locality, rather than                                                                              allowing for the signage to communicate the
the entry being dominated by built elements such as                                                                                       land use occurring on-site without it
masonary walls, waterfalls and assembled rock outcrops.                                                                                   dominating the landscape.
(see Figure 14-19).

O9 Entry statements are low maintenance                        S9.1 Entry statements are low maintenance and located entirely within      Complies with the Specific Outcome:
Figure 14-19 Typical estate entrance                           privately owned land.                                                      The proposal complies with S9.1 as the entry
                                                                                                                                          feature will be located within the private land
                                                                                                                                          of the development and will not encroach in
                                                                                                                                          to the public space.




14.135 Specific requirements for Multiple housing & Visitor Accommodation
Private open space                                             S10.1 For Multiple housing Types 2 and 4, each dwelling unit provides      Not Applicable
O10 Private open space is—                                     for landscaped private open space comprising—
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a) provided to all dwelling units and accommodation units;     a) for units at ground level, a minimum area of 25m exclusive of the
b) of adequate size and dimensions to suits the needs of       clothes drying area, with minimum dimensions of 4m and maximum
occupants;                                                     gradient of 1 in 10 (10%); or




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