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       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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