Paragraph 9 Implementation of mitigation plantingI1

All mitigation planting works referred to in Requirement 8 must be implemented at the earliest opportunity and no later than by the first available planting season after the stage of the authorised development to which the mitigation planting works apply is first brought into operational use and in relation to the removal of the existing 132kV overhead line, the implementation of mitigation planting works must be implemented at the earliest opportunity and no later than the first available planting season after completion of the removal of that line.

All mitigation planting works referred to in Requirement 8 must be carried out in accordance with specification set out in the NBS Landscape Specification for Planting (Document 5.4.6D) and the relevant mitigation scheme for that stage of the authorised development, and to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standard or other recognised codes of good practice.

Any tree or shrub planted as part of an approved mitigation planting scheme that, within a period of five 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 otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.