Paragraph 19 Implementation and maintenance of landscapingI1

All landscaping works must be carried out in accordance with the landscaping management schemes approved under requirement 18 (provision of landscaping), and in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards.

Any tree, hedge, or shrub planted within the district of North Norfolk as part of an approved landscaping management scheme that, within a period of ten 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 a different species is otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Any tree, hedge or shrub planted as part of an approved landscaping management scheme with the intention of screening the onshore project substation (and/or the Norfolk Vanguard Onshore Project substation in the event of Scenario 1) that, within a period of twenty-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 a different species is otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Any other tree, hedge or shrub planted as part of an approved landscaping management 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 a different species is otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.