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CONSTRUCT





       C2 External Works






       C2.6 Soft Landscaping                                 Section One
                                                             1 Required Features of Landscape Designs:
       All  works  to  be  in  accordance  with  Mansfield
       King Design Ltd ‘McDonalds Purely Simple soft         1.1 Integrate  feature  planting  beds to  key
       landscape  specification  -  Part  2  Horticultural   locations in areas surrounding  the  restaurant,
       Standards June 2009’.                                 to complement the improved appearance of
                                                             each restaurant.
       Local Authority consent required for all tree
       works including crown lifting and removal.            1.2 Improve sightlines into  each site where
       LPA approval required  for significant low level      possible  by the  reduction  in the  height  of
       landscape changes.                                    mature planting within the existing landscaping
                                                             scheme.


                                                             1.3 Improve the appearance of existing planting
                                                             within the site boundaries by pruning and
                                                             re-mulching of planting beds.

                                                             1.4 Consider replacing areas of poor or failed
                                                             planting with cultivated turf.


                                                             1.5 All existing trees  within the  site are  to  be
                                                             retained (appropriate arboricultural work
                                                             to  be  carried  out  if  required  by  qualified
                                                             arboriculturalist)**there  are  exceptions  if store
                                                             visibility is severely restricted.

                                                             Section Two
                                                             2 General Design Considerations


                                                             2.1 Design proposals are to be site specific.

                                                             2.2 The purpose of a good landscape scheme is
                                                             to provide that which is necessary to successfully
                                                             integrate a development into its localised area.


                                                             2.3 The landscape scheme should aim to
                                                             reflect and where possible enhance the local
                                                             environment.












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