ASTP-Rspns_To_RFI

Information Request Item No.                                                             Response
   LICUALA ramsayi                                                                       Item 11 - All subjective species have been removed and/or replaced appropriately
• Australian Fan Palm – endemic to North Queensland not Noosa Heliconia                  with the exception of Heliconia psittocroum ‘Fuchsia’ and a substitute Heliconia
  psittocroum ‘Fuchsia’ – not native                                                     stricta ‘Jamaican Dwarf’, which are used around the pool areas and when tallied
• Heliconia orthothicha ‘Garden of Eden’ – not native Ficus pumila                       together are less than the allowable 25% exotic plant species used around pools.
• Creeping Fig – not native
                                                                                         Item 12 - All species used on our revised plan meet these criteria.
Information Required
11. Review species selection and ensure and justify species meet PO10.                   Item 13 - All species used on our revised plan meet these criteria where practical.
12. Review and justify that if exotic species are to be included in the landscape plan   There are no palms located on the external front fence boundary. See revised plan.
    that they are only located around pool areas and no more than 25% of the
    landscaping is with exotic plant species.
13. Review and justify that palms are specifically located in group plantings only as
    detailed within PSP2 - Landscaping and are not located on the external front
    fence boundary.
14 &15. Vegetation screening                                                             Please refer to the revised Landscape Plans in Attachment 5. Further, the Landscape
Species selection on all boundaries is not providing adequate screening. Appropriate     Architects, Bird Landscape Design, have provided the following comments in
understorey and taller species are required to provide appropriate screening and         response to Items 14 and 15:
softening of the building.
                                                                                         Item 14 - Syzygium Resilience/Straight and Narrow do not meet the Landscaping
Information Required                                                                     Works Code PO10 either nor are they native to Noosa, as were some of the
14. Review the species selected that are utilised for screening the front boundary       aforementioned plants used on our lodged plan set so they are inappropriate for the
    and rear and side boundaries and substitute/include for species that provide         locality and landscape character of the area. Syzygium Resilience/Straight and
    adequate screening i.e. mature height of minimum 4m e.g. Syzygium                    Narrow are also invasive to drainage and sewer lines which the site has along the
    Resilience/Straight and Narrow.                                                      southern (pool equipment, etc.) and northern boundaries respectively. All species
15. Ensure appropriate root barriers are installed where infrastructure may be           used on our landscape plans are suitable for screening the front boundary. Our
    impacted and select appropriate species that will provide screening in those         revised plan has been amended to include more plants that will attain 4m in height
    areas.                                                                               along the rear/western and southern boundaries and provide adequate and required
                                                                                         screening whilst allowing for services access and typical landscape maintenance




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