MCU16/0079 Town Planning Report

                                                                                                                                                                                Town Planning Report
                                                                                                                                                                                       “Undefined Use”
                                                                                                                                                  Staged Extension & Refurbishment of Existing RSL Club
                                                                                                                                                                    5 Memorial Ave, Tewantin QLD 4565
                                                                                                                                                               Lot 3 on T16319 and Lot 10 on SP273411

                                                               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 with the Possible Solutions – The proposed
O7 All landscaping works maintain adequate safe distance       substations, or adjacent to or on electricity transmission line    landscaping has ensured all plants within close proximity to
from services and utilities including substations, overhead    easements, are less than 4m high at maturity and do not            electricity transmission line and easements are of limited
powerlines, power poles and transformers, street lamps,        encroach within 3m of a substation boundary; OR                    height at maturity. All vegetation will be maintained to ensure
stormwater catchment pits, and underground services and        S7.2 For trees higher than 4m, trees are planted at a distance     no impact occurs.
utilities.                                                     from any part of an electricity transmission line at least equal
                                                               to the expected height of the tree at maturity (see Figure 14-     Root barriers will be utilised where plans are in proximity to
                                                               17); AND                                                           underground power lines. Council is directed to Appendix B
                                                               S7.3 For power lines that connect to a premises, the height of     – Statement of Landscaping Intent for further details.
                                                               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;
                                                               c) 2m from stormwater catchment pits; and
Figure 14-17
                                                               d) 2m from underground services and utilities; AND
                                                               S7.5 Plants are located to enable tradespersons to access,
                                                               view and inspect service meters, such as water and electricity
                                                               meters; AND
                                                               S7.6 Root barriers are installed around trees that are located
                                                               within 3m of any infrastructures or that have potentially
                                                               invasive roots.


Figure 14-18
Entry statements                                               S8.1 No solution provided.                                         Complies with the Specific Outcomes and Possible
O8 Tree and plant massing are the dominant features of entry   S9.1 Entry statements are low maintenance and located              Solutions - The proposed landscaping adequate frames the
statements to residential or commercial estates and are        entirely within privately owned land.                              entrance to the buildings. The plant species selected are
integrated with the landscape theme of the estate and the                                                                         considered to be low in maintenance and are predominately
natural landscape character of the locality, rather than the                                                                      native species. The proposed landscaping compliments the
entry being dominated by built elements such as masonary                                                                          buildings architecture ensuring the development integrates

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