MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

                                                                                               town planning
                                                                                                      report

Landscaping Code

Specific Outcomes                                             Acceptable Solutions/Probable Solutions          Compliance

Figure 14-24);                                                                                                          totems and secondary landscape
h) providing adequate screening along the perimeters of                                                                 signage will be utilised to define the
the development;                                                                                                        space in a well designed and artistic
i) avoiding the use of formal planting design for frontage
works; and                                                                                                              manner;
j) providing planting design and species selection that can                                                        d)   Landscaped outdoor areas for local
endure an intensively used environment.                                                                                 employees and visitors with shade
                                                                                                                        elements will create a relaxing
                                                                                                                        environment;
                                                                                                                   e)   Softening of built form will reduce
                                                                                                                        their presence and help to create a
                                                                                                                        more environmentally friendly
                                                                                                                        space for both people and flora and
                                                                                                                        fauna;
                                                                                                                   f)   Landscape mounding with
                                                                                                                        additional screening will be utilised
                                                                                                                        to the perimeter of the site to buffer
                                                                                                                        the highway and filter out negative
                                                                                                                        visual and auditory elements;
                                                                                                                   g)   Dining areas to the service station
                                                                                                                        as well as the truck stop are to be
                                                                                                                        provided with supplementary
                                                                                                                        planting areas;
                                                                                                                   h)   Screening to be provided along the
                                                                                                                        boundary;
                                                                                                                   i)   Informal planting that borrows from
                                                                                                                        the local environment shall be
                                                                                                                        incorporated into the frontage
                                                                                                                        design of development;




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