REC14/0007 & OPW14/0253 Report

Land Surveying Dynamics                                                            June 2014



                                SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                              PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                                   COMMENTS
          routes.

          O5 The provision of landscaping is to a satisfactory standard        S5.1 Landscaping provided which allows adequate          Complies.
          ensuring that it does not lead to opportunities for concealment      visibility for casual surveillance of public and semi-
          and possible assault sites.                                          public spaces, including entrances and exits to sites
                                                                               and buildings, by:
                                                                               a) planting trees which have clean trunks to a
                                                                               height of at least 1.8 m; and
                                                                               b) appropriately spacing shrubs at 1.2m horizontal
                                                                               centres, with a maximum height of 0.75m, to avoid
                                                                               clumping and to retain sightlines.

          O6 Street trees and plantings in towns and villages, carparks        S6.1 Street trees and trees in carparking areas
          and other areas where potential conflicts with vehicles and          achieve a maximum of 900mm clear trunk height for
          pedestrians are evident, are planted so as to maximise vehicle       a 2.0m high tree at planting and are able to attain a
          and pedestrian safety.                                               clear trunk height of 1900mm on maturity;
                                                                               AND
                                                                               S6.2 All scrub planting to be a maximum height of
                                                                               700mm from the road pavement (not top of kerb).
          Services and utilities                                               S7.1 Plant species used in landscaping adjacent to       Complies.
          O7 All landscaping works maintain adequate safe distance from        substations, or adjacent to or on electricity
          services and utilities including substations, overhead powerlines,   transmission line easements, are less than 4m high
          power poles and transformers, street lamps, stormwater               at maturity and do not encroach within 3m of a
          catchment pits, and underground services and utilities.              substation boundary;
                                                                               OR
                                                                               S7.2 For trees higher than 4m, trees are planted at
                                                                               a distance from any part of an electricity
                                                                               transmission line at least equal to the expected
                                                                               height of the tree at maturity (see Figure 14-17);
                                                                               AND
                                                                               S7.3 For power lines that connect to a premises,
                                                                               the height of plant species at maturity provides for a
                                                                               2m clearance below the power line; (see Figure 14-
                                                                               18)
                                                                               AND
                                                                               S7.4 Trees and large scrubs are located a minimum
                                                                               of—
                                                                               a) 5m from electricity poles and pillars;
                                                                               b) 4m from street lamps;



Reconfiguring of a Lot – Three (3) into Four (4) Lots
8 Stevens Street, Sunshine Beach
RPD: Lots 675 and 697 on RP48111 and Lot 676 on SP125656                                               40