# The M60/M62/M66 Simister Island Interchange Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 5: Landscaping

Extent: E+W

(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a landscaping scheme applicable to that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its functions.
(2) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the mitigation measures set out in the REAC and the environmental masterplan.
(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 in accordance with the arboricultural impact assessment;
(d) proposed finished ground levels including details of changes to existing land levels, gradients for areas of permanent earthworks and cross sections to illustrate slope profiles where embankments are formed;
(e) implementation timetables for all landscaping works;
(f) hard landscaping and materials including colour and boundary treatment of any fences, walls and structures; and
(g) the extent and form of ball stop netting adjacent to Pike Fold Golf Course.
(4) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the landscaping scheme approved under sub-paragraph (1).
(5) All landscaping works must be carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other recognised standards and codes of good practice, as specified in the third iteration EMP.
(6) Any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a period of 5 years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes in the opinion of the relevant 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, unless the Secretary of State, following consultation with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its function, gives written consent to a variation.
(7) In this paragraph—
(a) “arboricultural impact assessment” means the assessment at appendix 7.5 of the environmental statement figures listed in Schedule 10 (certification of plans and documents, etc.) and certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental statement appendices for the purposes of this Order under article 41 (certification of plans and documents, etc.); and
(b) “environmental masterplan” means the plan at figure 2.3 of the environmental statement figures listed in Schedule 10 and certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental statement figures for the purposes of this Order under article 41.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1018/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/m60m62m66-simister-island-interchange-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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