# The Infrastructure Planning (Model Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2009, Paragraph 9: Trees


(1) No [stage of the] authorised development shall commence until written details of any proposed tree planting and the proposed times of planting have, after consultation with the relevant planning authority, been approved in writing by the Commission; and all tree planting shall be carried out in accordance with those details and at those times.
(2) If within a period of [two years] beginning with the date of the planting of any tree that tree, or any tree planted in replacement for it, is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, [or becomes, in the opinion of the Commission, seriously damaged or defective,] another tree of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Commission gives its written consent to a variation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2265/schedule/4/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-model-provisions-england-and-wales-order-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-9
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