Submitting Documentation for Approvals - Landscape Plans
This section should help with creation of documentation for approvals
Overview
This is not exhaustive as the area is ever changing, but will help get you moving in the right direction. You will need to check with individual councils and other bodies in preparation.
DISCUSSION
Conceptual plan for planning permit vs detailed plan
Plan Conventions
Titleblock
Property address
Your name and contact details
Client name
Dates, Issues, Revisions etc.
General
Legend
North Arrow
Scale: Will be specified by authority (commonly 1:100)
Other
Should work in black and white
Standard paper size
General
Site Boundary
Adjacent Streets and names
Existing and proposed surfaces and structures
Neighbouring buildings and significant vegetation commonly between 3-7m onto neighbouring properties. Buildings often shown grey to make obvious they are outside of the extent of works.
Crossover shown with dimensions, kerb and footpaths
Drainage, pits, trenches etc.
Spot levels and contours (not always, or dependent on gradient)
Services
Easements
Plantings
Existing Vegetation (you will commonly need an arborists report) Canopies should reflect actual shape and positioning. SRZ and CRZ/SRZ should be shown.
Street Trees to scale in position
Plant Schedule
PLANTING SCHEDULE
Always necessary
KEY / REFERENCE
Botanical Name
Pot Size and height out of pot
Quantity
Usually necessary
Common Name
ORIGIN: Exotic, native, endemic or indigenous
Mature, height and spread
Sometimes
Specifications and details
Mulching - Minimum depths and properties are usually required
Soil types and amendments
Soil preperation
Tree protection
Removal of environmental weeds
Staking - For advanced specimens
Planting detail
OTHER (Sometimes)
Shading from proposed vegetation
May have minimum heights for trees at time of planting
May have minimum pot sizes for medium to large shrubs
Courtyards - Hardscapes must allow space for a table setting
Turf - Minimum square meters to warrant a lawn mower.
Trees for removal - May have a specific drawing requirement e.g. dashed or solid circle with a cross shown through the entire circle
Clothesline position
Fence heights
Significant trees that have been removed withing the last 12months to be included on plans
Planting to be drawn at 100% density within designated garden areas.
Corner splays, visibility sight lines - Australian Standard/New Zealand Standard 2890.1
Minimum amount and size of canopy trees based on house set back distance
Re-planting plans: Where indigenous plants are removed they should be replaced with indigenous trees and vegetation.
Climbing plant support systems. Sometimes no attachment directly onto fences
Maintenance notes
Landscape character map including Ecological Vegetation Class Map
Screening of fence lines with advanced shrubs
Minimum permeable surfaces
Located bins
Location of an outdoor entertaining space that is private
WSUD interventions
Higher density Residential Areas: Lighting incorporated into common areas, , Letterbox and meter box locations, rooftop gardens
Termite protection
Distance to main roads and shops
Paper Sizes
Sometimes there will be specific paper sizes requested and also addition reduced paper sizes. When working scaling a reduction in 2 paper sizes would correspond to a doubling in the scale. For example and A1 1:100 page would be 1:200 when printed on A3
Detailed Plans
The council may ask for more detailed plans after the planning permit is issues. Other times you may just need to go through building permitting process for necessary items.
Details for constructed items
Non Residential
Setbacks dependent on road usage
Lighting
Allowance for CCTV to be free of obstruction
Clear sightlines
Bins
Bike provisions
Low maintenance vegetation
Common Triggers for Planning Permits
Common Triggers for Building Permits
Session Outline
General Drafting Principles
Planting Plans