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Paragraph 8 Landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP)I1

England and Wales

(1)

No phase of the authorised development may commence until a landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) covering that phase which accords with the outline LEMP has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in consultation with Natural England.

(2)

The LEMP must include—

(a)

details of the method of protection of existing landscape features and habitats during the construction, operation and decommissioning stage of the authorised development;

(b)

details of habitat creation, including new native hedgerow planting adjacent to the proposed security fencing along the line of the existing footpath, replanting of any breaks (gaps) in excess of 1 metre in existing native hedgerows within the Order limits adjacent to the footpath and sowing of wildflower seed along the margins between the footpath and the hedgerow/security fence boundaries;

(c)

details of ongoing management including seasonal grazing regime and other measures including the annual review of the need for any additional mitigation planting work, during the lifetime of the authorised development;

(d)

a timetable for the landscape management of the land within the Order limits during the lifetime of the authorised development;

(e)

details of how the plan will secure a minimum of 20% biodiversity net gain in habitat units, a minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain in hedgerow units, and a minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain in river units during the operation of the authorised development, and the metric that has been used to calculate that those percentages will be reached; and

(f)

landscaping details.

(3)

The LEMP must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the operation of the relevant part of the authorised development to which the plan relates.

(4)

No site preparation works are to be commenced until a LEMP covering the site preparation works which accords with the outline LEMP has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in consultation with Natural England. Such LEMP must be implemented as approved.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 11.7.2025, see art. 1