# The National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016, Paragraph 10: Replacement planting


(1) Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, no stage of the authorised development may commence until, for that stage, a scheme for the planting of trees, groups of trees, woodlands and hedgerows and blocks of woodland and scrub to replace those to be removed during that stage that accords with Section 9 of the Arboricultural Impact Assessment Report (Document 5.21.1B) has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The planting scheme submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of—
(a) the location and a schedule of plants noting number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting or seeding;
(b) cultivation, importing of materials, protection measures for planting and other operations to ensure plant and seed establishment;
(c) details of a five-year maintenance regime for areas other than bat flyways and details of an eight-year maintenance regime for the bat flyways;
(d) identify opportunities for early landscape and replacement planting after implementation of the authorised development and for temporary planting at construction compounds prior to implementation of the relevant stage;
(e) management plans for landowners which set out the maintenance activities for years one to five and years six to fifteen; and
(f) a scheme for the property Ashtrees in Mark in accordance with ‘Actions arising from DCO hearing 17 June – Note relating to planting at Ashtrees’, Doc 8.39.6, including a timetable for its implementation.
(3) Where overgrown hedgerows or lines or areas of trees are removed (and cannot be replaced with trees for operational reasons) the planting scheme submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must include in situ replacement planting with hedgerows, areas of hedgerow species or gapping up of existing hedgerows, as appropriate to the locality, at the following locations (Documents 5.21.3)—
(a) to the north and south of Woolavington Road (Environmental Statement Figures 21.2.7 and 21.2.7a);
(b) field boundary trees north of pylon LD8, south of Cripps Farm (Environmental Statement Figure 21.2.10a);
(c) roadside trees either side of Northwick Road, south of pylon LD20 (Environmental Statement Figure 21.2.13a);
(d) field boundary trees at Tarnock between pylon LD31 and LD33 (Environmental Statement Figures 21.2.16a and 21.2.16b);
(e) field boundary trees north of pylon LD46 (Environmental Statement Figure 21.2.27);
(f) tree lines to the north of pylon LD59 and LD63 at North End (Environmental Statement Figures 21.3.30a and 21.2.31b);
(g) field boundary trees between pylon LD75 and LD76 south of North Drove (Environmental Statement Figure 21.2.34);
(h) to the north and south of the junction of Cadbury Camp Lane and Whitehouse Lane (Environmental Statement Figures 21.2.37, 21.2.37a and 21.2.38);
(i) adjacent to pylon P-LD104 and smaller areas further west at Portbury Wharf (Environmental Statement Figure 21.3.3);
(j) on the proposed Storage Facility Site off Gloucester Road (Environmental Statement Figure 21.2.44);
(k) adjacent to the M49 motorway between pylon LD120 and the railway line north of LD124 and south of Moorhouse Farm and pylon G31R (Environmental Statement Figures 21.2.46 and 21.2.46a and Document 4.7.8B sheet 5 of 7); and
(l) across Hallen Marsh and along Ableton Lane and Minor’s Lane and public right of way ORN/27/10 (Environmental Statement Figures 21.2.47, 21.2.47a and 21.2.48).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/49/schedule/3/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-grid-hinkley-point-c-connection-project-order-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-10
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