Paragraph 9 Implementation and maintenance of landscapingI1

No part of the authorised development is to commence until a landscaping scheme and programme has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State following consultation with the relevant planning authority.

The landscaping scheme must reflect the mitigation measures included in the environmental masterplan annexed to the engineering and design report (Application Document Reference No. 7.3) and set out details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—

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

The authorised development must be landscaped in accordance with the scheme and programme approved under sub-paragraph (1).

Any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a period of 5 years after planting, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, seriously diseased, must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted, unless the Secretary of State gives consent to any variation.