Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

                Specific Outcomes                         Acceptable solutions (if accepted                                       Comments
                                                        development subject to requirements)
                                                       Probable solutions (if code assessment)
                                                      height of 700mm from the road pavement (not
                                                      top of kerb).
                                                      S7.1      Plant species used in landscaping            Complies with O7
Services and utilities                                adjacent to substations, or adjacent to or on          A minor amendment to the approved landscaping
                                                      electricity transmission line easements, are less      plan is proposed to accommodate for the newly
O7       All landscaping works maintain adequate      than 4m high at maturity and do not encroach           proposed access to the approved facility. An
safe distance from services and utilities including   within 3m of a substation boundary;                    amendment to the approved landscaping plan is
substations, overhead powerlines, power poles and                                                            required as the access gate has been moved to
transformers, street lamps, stormwater catchment      OR                                                     align with the proposed access which is to be
pits, and underground services and utilities.                                                                received from the south. However, no landscaping
                                                      S7.2      For trees higher than 4m, trees are          is proposed along the proposed access or power
                                                      planted at a distance from any part of an              installation. The amended landscaping plan is
Figure 5                                              electricity transmission line at least equal to the    provided in Appendix C and has been designed in
                                                      expected height of the tree at maturity (see           accordance with PSP3.
                                                      Figure 5);

                                                      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 6)

Figure 6                                              AND

                                                      S7.4   Trees and large scrubs are located a
                                                      minimum of—
                                                           5m from electricity poles and pillars;
                                                            4m from street lamps;
                                                            2m from stormwater catchment pits; and
                                                            2m from underground services and
                                                            utilities; AND




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