Millar Merrigan - Land Development Consultants

The Amalfi Cove Estate is a coastal residential development of 56 allotments on a property of about 3.2ha.

The site was formerly the Laze-away Caravan Park which was part of the small laid back coastal village of Indented Head on the Bellarine Peninsula.

Project Summary

The Amalfi Cove Estate is a coastal residential development of 56 allotments on a property of about 3.2ha.

The site was formerly the Laze-away Caravan Park which was part of the small laid back coastal village of Indented Head on the Bellarine Peninsula .

The Estate has been developed to take advantage of the sites location by allowing for the maximum number of allotments to take advantage of views to the bay.

A high quality of landscaping and streetscape features set the scene for this development and Urban Design Guidelines and covenants ensure that future buildings will carry this throughout the estate.

Best practise engineering design has been used in ensuring a high quality from stormwater runoff to the Bay and this has been combined with a landscape treatment that turns this treatment into a visual asset for the site.

Features & Innovation

A number of techniques utilised in projects recently have minimised the environmental impacts of stormwater runoff through utilising water sensitive urban design techniques, a number of innovative features have been used in combination here including:

• Water from road surface sheds directly onto the grassed swales or garden beds allowing for maximum infiltration. Care has been taken to leave a small drop from the edge of the pavement to the landscape areas to allow for siltation.
• The sandy soil from on site has been able to be utilised. The soil had some modifications to it to ensure that the hydraulic conductivity was sufficient to ensure that the drainage system worked whilst not being so free draining as to effect the viability of planting.
• The use of pebbles in the base of the swale drain in combination with indigenous plants has provided an effective and attractive verge area.

Urban Design

The subdivision plans contain building envelope restrictions which allow for dwellings, with potential for views to the bay, to take advantage of these views without having overlooking issues to neighbours.

The covenant and design guidelines are aimed at encouraging appropriate coastal architecture as well as landscape treatments on private properties.

Millar Merrigan have been appointed by the developer to assess each proposed development against the covenant provisions.

The subdivision development has set the scene for a high quality of built form through the provision of a quality streetscape incorporating landscaping, paving and street lights. The use of landscaped swale drains is an important element of the design that provides benefits in both visual amenity and stormwater quality.

Landscape Architecture

An existing palm tree was retained in the development thus providing a link to the previous use of the site as a caravan park. A second palm tree was planted opposite the entrance road and underplanted with feature garden beds. Garden beds have been used throughout the site at strategic locations and provide visual interest through the combination of a variety of colours and the contrasting form of foliage. The species utilised are all obviously coastal tolerant and are a mix of exotics and native species. Particular emphasis has been placed on using drought tolerant / low water using plants including succulents which also provide for some of the vivid colours in the landscape.

The planted swales also provide a strong visual element to the streetscape particularly in combination with the street trees.

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