Appendix B - Code Assessment

Landscaping Code
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c) providing areas for public art, where
appropriate;
d) providing outdoor areas with seating for
staff and visitors;
e) adopting landscape solutions that reduce
the visual impact of building bulk (see
Figure 14-23);
f) using mounding and screen planting to
conceal service and loading areas;
g) making provision for outdoor dining areas
where appropriate, that integrate well
within the streetscape (see Figure 14-24);
h) providing adequate screening along the
perimeters of the development;
i) avoiding the use of formal planting design
for frontage works; and
j) providing planting design and species
selection that can endure an intensively
used environment.
14.139 Carparking areas
Off street carparks                             S28.1 One advanced canopy tree28 (a minimum     S28.1-28.3 Not Applicable
O28 Landscaping of carparking areas is          of
                                                                                                The development is in a rural location and does not
designed to—                                    100 litres pot size) is provided—
                                                                                                incorporate large carparking areas that require
a) reduced the visual impact of the             a) in towns and villages, shopping centres or
                                                                                                vegetated shading.
development;                                    commercial areas— for every 4 carparking
b) provide for advanced canopy trees to         spaces; or
shade vehicles and to reduce reflected          b) otherwise—for every 6 carparking spaces;
radiation;                                      AND
c) ensure canopy trees are protected from       S28.2 A minimum area of 5m2 is provided
vehicle damage by providing adequate            around
sized garden beds;                              each canopy tree, which is mulched and
d) maximise opportunities for infiltration of   treated;
rainwater on-site; and                          AND
e) minimise contaminated runoff entering        S28.3 Plants are grouped in mulched beds
the stormwater system and watercourse           rather




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