Paragraph 6 Landscaping and biodiversity protection management and enhancement

(1)

No part of the authorised development may commence until a landscaping and biodiversity protection plan for that part has been submitted to and, after consultation with North Yorkshire County Council and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2)

The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must include details of—

(a)

measures to protect existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained; and

(b)

biodiversity and habitat mitigation and impact avoidance.

(3)

The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved throughout the construction of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

(4)

No part of the authorised development may be commissioned until a landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan for that part has been submitted to and, after consultation with North Yorkshire County Council and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, approved by the relevant planning authority.

(5)

The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) must include details of—

(a)

implementation and management of all new shrub and tree planting;

(b)

measures to enhance and maintain existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained;

(c)

measures to enhance biodiversity and habitats;

(d)

an implementation timetable; and

(e)

annual landscaping and biodiversity management and maintenance.

(6)

Any shrub or tree planted as part of the approved plan that, within a period of five 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 otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

(7)

The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) must be in accordance with the principles of the indicative landscaping and biodiversity strategy.

(8)

The plan must be implemented and maintained as approved during the operation of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.