Planning Report 60500

Design of commercial and retail        No solution provided                  Not applicable.
spaces
O19 Landscaping softens building       Figure 14-23 Landscaping solutions
bulk and creates pleasant settings     that appear to lessen the impact of
for visitors and staff that function   building bulk
well in an intensively used
environment by—
a) providing canopy trees and
ancillary shade structures;
b) using shrubs and garden beds to
clearly define public spaces and
pedestrian walkways;
                                       Figure 14-24 Outdoor eating areas
c) providing areas for public art,
                                       integrate well with the streetscape
where appropriate;
d) providing outdoor areas with
seating for staff and visitors;
e) adopting landscape solutions
that reduce the visual impact of
building bulk (see Figure 14-23);
f) using mounding and screen
planting to conceal service and
loading areas;
g) making provision for outdoor
dining areas where appropriate,
that integrate well within the
streetscape (see Figure 14-24);
h) providing adequate screening
along the perimeters of the
development;
i) avoiding the use of formal
planting design for frontage works;
and
j) providing planting design and
species selection that can endure
an intensively used environment.