08/1787 - Response to Information Request [As Published] · 132008.1787

bed areas along the frontage that will allow the retention of existing mature trees or
the establishment of replacement trees. Please note palms will not be acceptable
plantings.

Response: The design of the Hastings Street frontage has been amended to remove the continuous
podium planter box beam. While some landscaped pergola planters have been retained along the
frontage to provide pedestrian amenity benefits and design articulation, minimum 4 metre gaps between
the pergola planters have been provided to ensure increased ability for establishment of replacement
trees. The Arboricultural Report attached in Appendix C provides further comments on this improved
outcome.

6. Demonstrate how the landscape proposal will "make full restitution to the landscape
environment” as stated in the Architectural Statement submitted, in light of the mature
trees proposed to be removed from the Hastings Street streetscape.

Response: The amended Landscape Concept Plan (Appendix D) and Arboricultural Report (Appendix C)
demonstrate how an appropriate landscape character and restitution to the existing landscape
environment can be achieved.

7. An arborist's report detailing measures required to protect the existing mature Ficus
trees adjacent to the Main Beach frontage of the site (outside the site boundary). The
report must address the canopies and root systems that extend into the site in order to
ensure the ongoing health of these significant trees.

Response: An. Arboricultural Report addressing the existing vegetation adjacent to the Main Beach
frontage of the site has been prepared by Leaf & Limb Horticultural Consultancy and is attached in
Appendix E. The report details measures to protect the mature Ficus trees adjacent to the Main Beach
frontage. An amendment to the basement wall in the vicinity of the Ficus near the eastern boundary has
also been undertaken to minimize impacts on the root system.

8. Written details of the design and maintenance measures required to the proposed
planter beam, including proposed species and required maintenance regime.

Response: The amended Architectural scheme presents a modified and more rational design for the
planters that will present at the first level of building to the street front of Hastings Street. First Level
Pergola Planters are set in discrete sections emphasizing the articulated street facade. Gaps between
the planters have been configured to support emergent canopy trees to further develop the green, tree
lined feeling of the street.

The planters themselves would no longer be considered to represent a planting beam though it is
intended that individual planters support a strongly themed and unifying planting design.

It is proposed that Coastal Rosemary “Westringia fruiticosa” will be planted in single species
configuration in the planters. Westringia is a native plant species adapted to the coastal environment.
It is salt and drought tolerant and as such is ideal in monoculture applications where fow maintenance is
a necessity. Westringa presents a fine blue grey foliage with a predictable compact growth habit. The
hardiness of the plant assists the management in controlling maintenance required by adjustment of
watering regime, which will in turn be used to suppress weed growth.

Occasional maintenance including trimming, weed removal and mulch top up can be instigated either
through wheeled trellising from ground level (at off peak times such as early morning), or by first level