Minor Change Report OPW16 0303 02 (As Published) · OPW16/0303.02

               Condition 22
               On Maintenance
               22.    Maintenance periods* must be:
                      a.      12 months for Trading Post and Pearson Road Streetscape.
                      b.      36 months for Elm Street Road and Elm Street 2m buffer plantings.
                      c.      36 months for Water Treatment Devices Landscape
               Applicant’s Request
               The applicant’s request “that the current 3 year on -maintenance period of 36 months for Elm Street
               Road and Elm Street Buffer plantings to be reduced to 1 year for the buffer plantings… Given the
               time between the completion of the original landscaping being approximately 7 years ago, an on-
               maintenance period of 1 year for the buffer planting seems far more reasonable than the current
               period.

               Assessment of Request
               The request for a 12 month maintenance period is consistent with Council’s standard maintenance
               period for street tree plantings, however the Elm Street buffer plantings are not similar to street
               tree plantings due to the mix of species, densities, mounding, mulching and maintenance required
               to successfully be established. The applicant has stated they had seven 7 years to establish and
               maintain this area in accordance with the approved plans and requirements of the higher order
               approval (MCU15/0111 condition 8.1.7 and condition 9), however this has not been achieved to
               date. For these reasons, the request is not supported.


               Applicant’s Request
               The applicant requests “a condition be added to the OPW that states in circumstances where trees
               are considered to be in poor health or dangerous, that” the applicant “can remove them with
               Council’s acceptance in writing. This will avoid the requirement for a further amendment to remove
               additional trees in the future for those that were not supported to be removed by the arborist.”


               Assessment of Request
               This request is supported where the trees pose a well-founded risk to life and/or property, with
               documentation from a qualified arborist (minimum level AQF 5). A suitable condition is provided
               below.


               Additional Condition 25
               Existing mature trees along the Elm Street road frontage, as documented in the approved Arborist
               report, must be retained in good health for the life of the development by the landholder. In the
               event of decline in health any of these trees and where they have been documented by a qualified
               arborist, with a minimum qualification of International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification or
               Diploma of Arboriculture (minimum AQF Level 5), to pose an unacceptable risk to life and/or
               property, the landholder must notify Council in writing and provide the qualified arborist
               documentation prior to, or within 48 hours of, the required vegetation management.




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