Paragraph 8 Landscape and ecology management plan

No part of the authorised development may commence until a written landscape and ecology management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority for that part, in consultation with the relevant county authority for that part, the Environment Agency and Natural England.

The landscape and ecology management plan must be substantially in accordance with the outline landscape and ecology management plan.

The landscape and ecology management plan must be implemented as approved and the measures contained within the plan maintained throughout the operation of the relevant part of the authorised development to which the plan relates.

The landscape and ecology management plan must include the commitment to regularly share all relevant pre-construction, construction, and post-construction and operational survey and monitoring data in the appropriate formats with the relevant Local Environmental Records Centre(s) and relevant national and regional environmental recording schemes.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “commence” includes part (h) (site clearance (including vegetation removal, demolition of existing structures or buildings) and part (j) (advanced planting to allow for early establishment of mitigation including for sky lark) of the permitted preliminary works.