Planning Report 60500

street and other public areas for
personal security reasons;
c) avoiding concealment spots; and
d) maintaining safe sight distances
to and from road and building
corners, carpark entrances and
driveways (see Figure 14-16);
e) maintain safe sight distances
at planting bed ends within
carparks;                              S5.1 Landscaping provided which allows
f) protecting solid fences from        adequate visibility for casual
graffiti by incorporating elements     surveillance of public and semi-public
such as landscaping, creepers,         spaces, including entrances and exits to
murals or vandal resistant paint;      sites and buildings, by:
and                                    a) planting trees which have clean
g) separating and defining             trunks to a height of at least 1.8 m; and
pedestrian and vehicle circulation     b) appropriately spacing shrubs at 1.2m
routes.                                horizontal centres, with a maximum
O5 The provision of landscaping is     height of 0.75m, to avoid clumping and
to a satisfactory standard ensuring    to retain sightlines.
that it does not lead to               S6.1 Street trees and trees in
opportunities for concealment and      carparking areas achieve a maximum of
possible assault sites.                900mm clear trunk height for a 2.0m
O6 Street trees and plantings in       high tree at planting and are able to
towns and villages, carparks and       attain a clear trunk height of 1900mm
other areas where potential            on maturity;
conflicts with vehicles and            AND
pedestrians are evident, are planted   S6.2 All scrub planting to be a
so as to maximise vehicle and          maximum height of 700mm from the
pedestrian safety.                     road pavement (not top of kerb).

Services and utilities                 S7.1 Plant species used in landscaping      Complies.
O7 All landscaping works maintain      adjacent to substations, or adjacent to
adequate safe distance from            or on electricity transmission line         Plant species will be located a
services and utilities including       easements, are less than 4m high at         safe distance away from all
substations, overhead powerlines,      maturity and do not encroach within 3m      existing and constructed
power poles and transformers,          of a substation boundary;                   services and utilities.