Paragraph 5 LandscapingI1

England and Wales

(1)

The authorised development must be landscaped in accordance with a landscaping scheme and LEMP which set out details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works and which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority, relevant highway authority and the Environment Agency on matters related to its functions.

(2)

The landscaping scheme and LEMP must be in accordance with the relevant mitigation measures set out in the REAC and with the Preliminary Environmental Design and the Outline LEMP.

(3)

The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of—

(a)

location, number, species mix, size and planting density of any proposed planting;

(b)

cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment;

(c)

existing trees to be retained, with measures for their protection during the construction period;

(d)

proposed finished ground levels;

(e)

implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and

(f)

measures for the replacement, in the first available planting season, of any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a period of 5 years after the completion of the part of the authorised development to which the relevant landscaping scheme relates, dies, becomes seriously diseased or is seriously damaged.

(4)

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

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 6.6.2022, see art. 1