Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

6.6 DEEP SOIL LANDSCAPING
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Objectives
Controls
1 To enable canopy
trees and planting on
development sites,
maintaining the garden
character of Ku-ring-gai.
2 To provide landscaping
that is appropriate to the
scale and context of the
development.
3 To promote landscaping
that minimises water use.
4 To provide amenity for the
users of the site.
5 To provide shading to car
park areas.
6 To provide landscaping
that provides habitat for
indigenous plants and
animals and contributes
to the biodiversity of the
area.
1 Where street setbacks are provided, 85% of the street setback area,
excluding driveway, is to be deep soil landscaping.
2 Where landscaping is provided along the street alignment, a physical
edge, such as a planter box wall, must be no higher than 1m from
the finished level of adjacent public pathways.
3 Side and rear setbacks are to provide tree and shrub planting for
screening and shading, and to contribute to the garden character of
Ku-ring-gai.
4 Where possible, natural ground level is to be retained throughout
side and rear setbacks.
5 At least 50% of all tree planting are to be locally occurring trees, and
be spread around the site.
SITE DESIGN
Figure 6.6-1
Carpark well shaded by trees
Draft Ku-ring-gai Principal Development Control Plan 2012
p 61