APPENDIX B - Local Assessment

Specific Outcomes                                                 Probable Solution                                    Response

a) provides for soft landscaping to be established in and         allow for landscaping particularly within building   The proposal includes soft landscaping in
   around the development;                                        setback areas;                                       the façade and on the ground level of the
b) maximises the retention of large canopy trees;
c) within the Eastern Beaches Locality and Noosa Heads                                                                 building, interacting with the street.
   Locality, avoids the removal of heath vegetation, except                                                            Further detail is provided in Section 5 of
   where required for internal roads and service and                                                                   the Town Planning Report.
   infrastructure construction;
d) minimises the extent of impervious paved areas;                AO2.2
e) provides for suitable plant layouts and densities;             Basement carparks do not encroach into
f) facilitates the adoption of appropriate planting techniques;   building setback areas;
   and
g) considers on-going maintenance requirements to assure
   the establishment                                              AO2.3
   and ongoing survival of plantings.                             Plants are grouped in mulched beds rather than
                                                                  planted individually to provide for optimum
                                                                  growing conditions and less maintenance;

                                                                  AO2.4
                                                                  These plants grouped in mulched beds are not
                                                                  subject to any hedging maintenance regimes;

                                                                  AO2.5
                                                                  Landscaping is designed, planted and
                                                                  maintained in accordance with PSP3
                                                                  Landscaping Plants and Guidelines;

                                                                  AO2.6
                                                                  Alternatives to impervious pavement are provided
                                                                  and are located where landscaping and
                                                                  existing vegetation will benefit from increased
                                                                  infiltration of rainwater.
Species selection