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City of Salisbury Landscape Plan
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Landscape Architect: HASSELL Ltd
City Location: Salisbury, north of Adelaide
Introduction
The City of Salisbury Landscape Plan proposes a cohesive direction for existing and future development of the Council’s landscapes. It provides a clear set of guidelines to strengthen the unique physical characteristics of Salisbury, all underpinned by the key principles of promoting biodiversity, water sensitive urban design, and crime prevention through environmental design.
These guidelines have identified four main landscape character units through the analysis of soil data, physiography, and pre-European plant communities. These are identified as: the Coastal Plain, the Lower Alluvial Plain, the Upper Alluvial Plain, and Riparian Corridors.
These zones help identify specific requirements for plant selection, strengthening biodiversity and promoting sustainability. Plant selection for these character zones is based on environmental parameters, soil conditions and pre-European plant associations. While it is anticipated that plant selection will be predominantly indigenous, exotic species are used for accent planting in key areas to visually enhance particular areas and complement the indigenous plant selections where required.
The landscape function of public open spaces is the main parameter that directs the selection of hard landscape elements. Consideration is given to road hierarchies, reserve function, areas of cultural and historical significance, focal points and gateways. The guidelines for hard elements set down a consistent palette of treatments which creates continuity and legibility throughout the council area.
The City of Salisbury Landscape Plan is intended to be a dynamic and evolving document that is continuously reviewed, improved and updated to keep abreast of innovations in landscape architectural and civil engineering design, planning, and asset management.
These guidelines provide practical and functional recommendations for the implementation and maintenance of its landscaped areas. The Landscape Plan promotes biodiversity though the use of indigenous plantings and the revegetation of natural areas; promoting a landscape vision for Salisbury that is visually appealing, economically viable, and promotes community pride and ownership.
The key objectives for the City of Salisbury Landscape Plan are:
- Public open spaces categorised by function and environmental parameters.
- High profile sites and vehicular corridors that require a higher profile landscape treatment are defined.
- The Landscape character and associated design principles for each landscape category are described.
- Appropriate plant lists for each landscape category, based on increasing biodiversity and sustainability, are provided.
- Direction is provided for the selection and location of hard landscape elements such as outdoor furniture and signage.
- Maintenance outcomes that are appropriate for each landscape element are provided. This will include a maintenance hierarchy and performance indicators.
- Current and future environmental factors or issues that may affect landscapes within Salisbury will be considered.
- The overall City Landscape Policy covering all categories and elements of Salisbury’s landscape requirements is reviewed and described in detail.
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