Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

                Specific Outcomes                            Acceptable solutions (if accepted                                           Comments
                                                           development subject to requirements)
                                                          Probable solutions (if code assessment)
Specific requirements for Business Use
Design of commercial and retail spaces                    No solution provided                                      O19 is not applicable
O19       Landscaping softens building bulk and                                                                     The proposed access and power installation to the
creates pleasant settings for visitors and staff that     Figure 11: Landscaping solutions that appear to           approved facility does not involve landscaping for
                                                          lessen the impact of building bulk
function well in an intensively used environment                                                                    business uses.
by—
      providing canopy trees and ancillary shade
      structures;
      using shrubs and garden beds to clearly define
      public spaces and pedestrian walkways;
      providing areas for public art, where
      appropriate;
                                                          Figure 12: Outdoor eating areas integrate well with the
      providing outdoor areas with seating for staff      streetscape
      and visitors;
      adopting landscape solutions that reduce the
      visual impact of building bulk (see Figure 11);
      using screen planting to conceal service and
      loading areas;
      making provision for outdoor dining areas
      where appropriate, that integrate well within the
      streetscape (see Figure 12);
      providing adequate screening along the
      perimeters of the development;
      avoiding the use of formal planting design for
      frontage works; and
      providing planting design and species selection
      that can endure an intensively used
      environment.




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