Planning Report 60500

Building and landscape design         S2.1 Below ground components of            Complies.
O2 Site layout and building and       buildings do not extend beyond the
landscape design—                     above ground footprint to allow for        The proposed development
a) provides for soft landscaping to   landscaping particularly within building   will comply with the Probable
be established in and around the      setback areas;                             Solutions of this Element.
development;                          AND
b) maximises the retention of large   S2.2 Basement carparks do not
canopy trees;                         encroach into building setback areas;
c) within the Eastern Beaches         AND
Locality and Noosa Heads Locality,    S2.3 Plants are grouped in mulched
avoids the removal of heath           beds rather than planted individually to
vegetation, except where              provide for optimum growing conditions
required for internal roads and       and less maintenance;
service and infrastructure            AND
construction;                         S2.4 These plants grouped in mulched
d) minimises the extent of            beds are not subject to any hedging
impervious paved areas;               maintenance regimes;
e) provides for suitable plant        AND
layouts and densities;                S2.5 Landscaping is designed, planted
f) facilitates the adoption of        and maintained in accordance with PSP3
appropriate planting techniques;      Landscaping Plants and Guidelines;
and                                   vi AND
g) considers on-going maintenance     S2.6 Alternatives to impervious
requirements to assure the            pavement are provided and are located
establishment and ongoing survival    where landscaping and existing
of planting                           vegetation will benefit from increased
                                      infiltration of rainwater.
Species selection                     S3.1 Plantings—                            Complies.
O3 Landscaped areas include plant     a) comprise plant species identified for
species that—                         the relevant landscape character area in   The proposed development
a) are appropriate to the             PSP3 Landscaping Plants and                will comply with the Probable
biophysical conditions and            Guidelines; and                            Solutions of this Element.
landscape character of the area;      b) avoid undesirable plant species
b) are suitable for the space         identified in PSP3 Landscaping Plants
available, the level of visual and    and Guidelines;
climatic exposure, the functional     OR
requirements of the site and the      S3.2 For landscaping around pool