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
                                                 iii. install     panels     or     planks
                                                       horizontally along the top of the
                                                       fence to provide a walkway, where
                                                       appropriate; and
                                             (c) choose fence materials, such as a
                                                   timber post-and-rail or chain wire, that
                                                   a koala can easily grip and climb or
                                                   leave a minimum 300mm gap
                                                   between ground level and the first rail
                                                   or strand of any fence; and
                                             (d) where there is a swimming pool in the
                                                   landscape design likely to be
                                                   accessible to koalas, a rope is
                                                   provided to enable koalas to climb out
                                                   of the pool;
                                             AND
                                             S25.2 Vegetation of local origin is retained
                                             and replanted in areas indicated in
                                             Schedule 5 on Map 4 - Open Space
                                             Networks.
Water management
O26 Landscaping works promote the            S26.1 The infiltration and conservation of
effective use of water through appropriate   water is optimised through—
plant selection and layout and by            (a) selecting     native   plant    species
maximising     opportunities   for  water        identified in PSP3 Landscaping
infiltration.                                    Plants and Guidelines;
                                             (b) grouping plants in mulched beds;
                                             (c) minimising impervious surfaces;
                                             (d) using      semi-pervious      pavement
                                                 surfaces; such as grass cell paving,
                                                 as a alternative to pervious surfaces
                                             (e) draining hard surfaces areas to
                                                 landscaped areas;
                                             (f) planting microphytes along driveways
                                                 to absorb hydrocarbons; and
                                             (g) using     surface    and     subsurface
                                                 drainage swales.
Soil stability
1    Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution
               A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                                    Cooroy Care Farm
               N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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