Bush To maintain and enhance the single strand wire or ringlock continuous flow of the vegetation with timber or steel star picket and existing landscape. posts. Design Responses Gateways should be steel and wire farm gates or simple Provide no fencing or post and timber gates. Avoid large, solid wire fencing only to the frontage feature gateways particularly and rear and side boundaries masonry. Provide sufficient space in front Continue the rural/bushland for the retention and/or planting landscape treatment to the of large trees and to retain the edge of the road. existing landscape. Gateways should be simple steel and wire or timber farm gates. Semi Bush Design Objective Where fencing is required use single strand wire or ringlock Settlement To maintain and enhance the with timber star picket posts. continuous flow of the landscape and vegetation and the bush Gateways should be steel and character of the front garden wire farm gates or simple vegetation. timber gates. Avoid large, solid feature gateways particularly Design Responses masonry. Provide no fencing or post and wire fencing only to the frontage Continue the bushland landscape treatment to the and rear and side boundaries edge of the road. Use timber and rock for retaining walls Provide sufficient space in front for the retention and/or planting of large trees and to retain the rural landscape. Gateways should be simple steel and wire or timber farm gates. Bush Garden Design Objective Where there is no footpath extend the bush garden to the To maintain and enhance the edge of the road. continuous flow of the vegetation of the bush garden landscape. Refer to Guideline 3 : Building on Sloping Sites (B) for retaining wall Design Responses details. Provide no front fencing or side fencing visible from the street.
Bush To maintain and enhance the continuous flow of the vegetation and existing landscape. Design Responses Provide no fencing or post and wire fencing only to the frontage and rear and side boundaries Provide sufficient space in front for the retention and/or planting of large trees and to retain the existing landscape. Gateways should be simple steel and wire or timber farm gates. single strand wire or ringlock with timber or steel star picket posts. Gateways should be steel and wire farm gates or simple timber gates. Avoid large, solid feature gateways particularly masonry. Continue the rural/bushland landscape treatment to the edge of the road. Semi Bush Settlement Design Objective To maintain and enhance the continuous flow of the landscape and vegetation and the bush character of the front garden vegetation. Design Responses Provide no fencing or post and wire fencing only to the frontage and rear and side boundaries Use timber and rock for retaining walls Provide sufficient space in front for the retention and/or planting of large trees and to retain the rural landscape. Gateways should be simple steel and wire or timber farm gates. Where fencing is required use single strand wire or ringlock with timber star picket posts. Gateways should be steel and wire farm gates or simple timber gates. Avoid large, solid feature gateways particularly masonry. Continue the bushland landscape treatment to the edge of the road. Bush Garden Design Objective To maintain and enhance the continuous flow of the vegetation of the bush garden landscape. Design Responses Provide no front fencing or side fencing visible from the street. Where there is no footpath extend the bush garden to the edge of the road. Refer to Guideline 3 : Building on Sloping Sites (B) for retaining wall details.
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