Paragraph 8 Implementation and maintenance of landscapingI1

All landscaping works must be carried out in accordance with the relevant landscaping scheme (including the implementation timetable) approved under requirement 7.

Any tree or shrub planted as part of an approved landscaping scheme that, within a period of five years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the 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.

Any area of grassland planted as part of an approved landscaping scheme that, within a period of five years after planting, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be reseeded in the first available planting season with the same seed mix as that originally planted.

The undertaker must implement and maintain an annual landscaping maintenance plan during the construction, operation and decommissioning of the authorised development.