Paragraph 5 Implementation and maintenance of landscapingI1

The landscaping scheme prepared under requirement 4 must be implemented as part of the authorised development in accordance with a timetable prepared in consultation with the relevant planning authority and submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State.

All landscaping works must be carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other recognised codes of good practice.

Any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a period of 5 years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted, unless the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant planning authority gives written consent to any variation.