Paragraph 4 Provision of landscapingI1

England and Wales

No part of the authorised development shall commence until a written landscaping plan for each numbered work has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The landscaping plan must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works and be substantially in accordance with the landscaping mitigation proposals set out in the outline landscaping plans and the landscape mitigation strategy, and include details of—

(a)

location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting including details of any proposed tree planting and the proposed times of such planting, and details of protection measures including guards, stakes and deer fencing;

(b)

cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment;

(c)

bunds and proposed finished ground levels;

(d)

hard surfacing materials;

(e)

vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas;

(f)

minor structures, such as furniture, refuse or other storage units, signs and lighting;

(g)

measures for the management of the ecological resources that will remain within the Order land on completion of the authorised development;

(h)

implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and

(i)

a scheme of landscape maintenance for the life of the authorised development (to include an aftercare protocol providing for joint annual inspections by the relevant planning authority and the undertaker for a period of ten years from the implementation dates as agreed pursuant to Requirement 5(2)).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 14.8.2015, see art. 1