Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                       LANDSCAPING CODE
                                                                                                                               Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                       PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                                                                                   COUNCIL USE
       PERFORMANCE CRITERIA                                                                 SOLUTIONS*                    COMMENTS
                                                       (IF CODE ASSESSABLE)                                                                                    ONLY




O5 The provision of landscaping is to a       S5.1 Landscaping provided which allows
satisfactory standard ensuring that it does   adequate visibility for casual surveillance
not lead to opportunities for concealment     of public and semi-public spaces,
and possible assault sites                    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    S6.1 Street trees and trees in carparking
villages, carparks and other areas where      areas achieve a maximum of 900mm
potential conflicts with vehicles and         clear trunk height for a 2.0m high tree at
pedestrians are evident, are planted so as    planting and are able to attain a clear
to maximise vehicle and pedestrian safety.    trunk height of 1900mm on maturity;
                                              S6.2 All scrub planting to be a maximum
                                              height of 700mm from the road pavement
                                              (not top of kerb).
Services and utilities
O7 All landscaping works maintain             S7.1 Plant species used in landscaping
adequate safe distance from services and      adjacent to substations, or adjacent to or
utilities including substations, overhead     on electricity transmission line easements,
powerlines, power poles and transformers,     are less than 4m high at maturity and do
street lamps, stormwater catchment pits,      not encroach within 3m of a substation
and underground services and utilities.       boundary;
                                              OR
                                              S7.2 For trees higher than 4m, trees are

1    Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution
               A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                                  Cooroy Care Farm
               N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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