6.0 Planning Report

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             n1                                 Acceptable solutions (if self
             Specific                         assessable) Probable solutions
O5           Outcomes
      The provision of                             (if codeprovided
                                         S5.1 Landscaping   assessable)
                                                                    which allows          Complies – Please refer to
landscaping is to a satisfactory         adequate visibility for casual surveillance      attached proposed plans
standard ensuring that it does not       of public and semi-public spaces, including      and landscape plans for
lead to opportunities for                entrances and exits to sites and buildings,      details.
concealment and possible assault         by:
sites.                                   a) planting trees which have clean
                                              trunks to a height of at least 1.8 m;
                                              and
                                         b) appropriately spacing shrubs at 1.2m
                                              horizontal centres, with a maximum
                                              height of 0.75m, to avoid clumping
                                              and to retain sightlines.                   Complies – Please refer to
                                          S6.1 Street trees and trees in carparking       attached proposed plans
O6 Street trees and plantings             areas achieve a maximum of 900mm                and landscape plans for
in towns and villages, carparks           clear trunk height for a 2.0m high tree at      details.
and other areas where potential           planting and are able to attain a clear
conflicts with vehicles and               trunk height of 1900mm on maturity; AND         Complies – Please refer to
pedestrians are evident, are             S6.2 All scrub planting to be a maximum          attached proposed plans
planted so as to maximise                height of 700mm from the road pavement           and landscape plans for
vehicle and pedestrian safety.           (not top of kerb).                               details.
Services and utilities
O7 All landscaping works                 S7.1 Plant species used in landscaping           N/A
maintain adequate safe distance          adjacent to substations, or adjacent to or
from services and utilities including    on electricity transmission line easements,
substations, overhead powerlines,        are less than 4m high at maturity and do
power poles and transformers,            not encroach within 3m of a substation
street lamps, stormwater                 boundary;
catchment pits, and underground          OR
services and utilities.                  S7.2 For trees higher than 4m, trees are
                                         planted at a distance from any part of an
                                         electricity transmission line at least equal
Figure 14-17
                                         to the expected height of the tree at
                                         maturity (see Figure 14-17); AND
                                         S7.3 For power lines that connect to a
                                         premises, the height of 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;
Figure 14-18                             b)      4m from street lamps;
                                         c)      2m from stormwater catchment pits;
                                                 and
                                         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.




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