Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                   COLUMN 1                                                 COLUMN 2                                                ASSESSMENT
             SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                            PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
j) providing planting design and species selection
    that can endure an intensively used
    environment.
Industrial Business
O20                                                     S20.1                                                     Not applicable.
Landscaping within industrial developments is           No solution provided.
designed to
a) maximise retention of existing vegetation;
b) provide planting in mulched areas at entrances,
    along boundaries and around car parking and
    site facilities to provide screening and shading;
c) lessen the impact of building bulk though the
    planting of vegetation that is in scale with the
    building, and by using mounding where
    appropriate (see Figure 14-26); and
d) provide outdoor areas for staff.
Open space areas and road reserves
Active parkland
O21                                                     S21.1                                                     Not applicable
Landscaping in and around active parkland creates       Landscape works for active parkland include               No active parklands are included within the
an environment that provides functional recreation      a) formation of grassed and well-drained areas for        proposal.
areas and facilities in a landscaped setting that          recreation;
reflect the natural landscape character of the          b) retention of existing vegetation surrounding
locality.                                                  recreation facilities;
                                                        c) the planting of shade trees around recreation
                                                           facilities, including playfields and playgrounds;
                                                        d) provision of landscaped buffer areas to adjacent
                                                           residential development; and
                                                        e) installation of recreational facilities that include
                                                           the use of natural materials and finishes, where
                                                           appropriate, and colours that blend with the
                                                           natural environment.
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