Appendix 5- Response to Planning Scheme Codes · MCU17/0027

Landscaping Code

(1) General Requirements

SPECIFIC OUTCOMES/ PROBALE SOLUTIONS                                             COMMENT
Streetscape and amenity            S1.1 Landscaped areas, not less than          Complies
O1                                 the minimum areas and dimensions              The proposed development will
Sufficient landscaped areas specified in Tables 14-56 or 14-57, are              incorporate landscaping that is
are     provided       to—      a) provided and maintained; AND
                                                                                 not less than the minimum areas
enhance the visual amenity
and       natural     landscape                                                  and dimensions specified in
character of the area,                                                           Tables     14-56     or   14-57.
streetscape and local area;                                                      Landscaping will be designed,
b) retain natural landscape                                                      planted    and   maintained in
features, such as rock                                                           accordance        with     PSP3
outcrops and existing large                                                      Landscaping       Plants    and
trees;     c) retain existing
                                                                                 Guidelines.
native      vegetation        and
enhance        buffer       areas
around                  property
boundaries; d) suit the S1.2 Landscaping is designed, planted                    Complies
relative size and nature of and maintained in accordance with PSP3
the development and its Landscaping Plants and Guidelines.
setting; e) reduce the visual
impact of large or bulky
structures      and       fencing
along watercourses; and f)
conceal service, carparking
and      loading     areas      of
developments;        g) screen
incompatible land uses; and
h) provide privacy between
any dwelling units and
accommodation units on
and adjoining the site to a
height        and         density
appropriate to the scale of
the development..
Building and landscape S2.1                                                      Not Applicable
design                              Below ground components of buildings
O2                                 do not extend beyond the above ground
 Site layout and building
                                   footprint to allow for landscaping
and landscape design— a)
provides          for         soft particularly within building setback areas;
landscaping           to       be AND
established in and around S2.2
the       development;          b) Basement carparks do not encroach into        Not Applicable
maximises the retention of building setback areas; AND
large canopy trees; c) within S2.3
the       Eastern       Beaches
                                   Plants are grouped in mulched beds            Complies
Locality and Noosa Heads
Locality, avoids the removal rather than planted individually to provide
of heath vegetation, except for optimum growing conditions and less
where required for internal maintenance; AND
roads and service and S2.4
infrastructure construction; These plants grouped in mulched beds                Complies
d) minimises the extent of are not subject to any hedging
impervious paved areas; e)
provides for suitable plant maintenance regimes; AND
layouts and densities; f) S2.5
facilitates the adoption of Landscaping is designed, planted and                 Complies
appropriate              planting maintained in accordance with PSP3
techniques;         and         g) Landscaping Plants and Guidelines; AND
considers               on-going
maintenance requirements