Minor Change Letter - 100988 OPW · OPW25/0057.01

required to go through a community consultation process for determination. The currently
approved dense planting may unnecessarily constrain the ability to integrate future land
uses between proposed Lot 2 and the cemetery expansion lot (lot 100). Dense vegetation
at this stage is premature and may need to be removed once the land use/s for proposed
Lot 2 are identified.

Whereas the proposed spacing of one Syzygium smithii every 6 metres provides an
appropriate landscape buffer while maintaining flexibility for future integration between
lots. Syzygium smithii typically reaches a mature height of around 10 metres and a canopy
width of approximately 4-6 metres, allowing it to form an effective buffer at the proposed
spacing. The species can also be pruned to facilitate visual and/or functional integration
between the lots or supplemented with additional planting if required once the final land
uses for proposed Lot 2 are established.




Bulk earthworks:

The finished ground levels are different from those originally approved due to the
previously unknown extent of excavation required to facilitate site remediation. The
revised heights were supplied to Covey Associates by Council's surveyor. Furthermore, a
swale has been incorporated along the boundary of the vegetation covenant within
proposed Lot 3 to further improve overland flow and direct runoff away from neighbouring
properties to a lawful point of discharge.

An assessment of the ‘proposed change’ against the minor change criteria outlined in
Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 is provided in Section 3.0 below.




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