# The Gatwick Airport (Northern Runway Project) Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 28: Arboricultural and vegetation method statement

Extent: E+W

(1) No vegetation or tree clearance may be carried out until an arboricultural and vegetation method statement for the area within which such works are to be carried out has been submitted to and approved by CBC (in consultation with MVDC, RBBC and TDC to the extent that they are the relevant planning authority for any land to which the statement relates).
(2) Each arboricultural and vegetation method statement submitted pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must be substantially in accordance with the outline arboricultural and vegetation method statement.
(3) Vegetation or tree clearance must be carried out in accordance with the relevant arboricultural and vegetation method statement approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) unless otherwise agreed in writing by CBC (in consultation with MVDC, RBBC and TDC to the extent that they are the relevant planning authority for any land to which the statement relates).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1054/schedule/2/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gatwick-airport-northern-runway-project-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-28
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