{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stonestreet-green-solar-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stonestreet-green-solar-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1175",
  "legislation_title": "The Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stonestreet-green-solar-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Landscape and biodiversity",
  "text": "(1) The authorised development must not commence until a biodiversity design strategy has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority, such approval to be in consultation with the Environment Agency, Kent County Council and the relevant statutory nature conservation body.\n(a) The biodiversity design strategy must include details of how the strategy will secure a biodiversity net gain for all of the authorised development during the operation of the authorised development of at least 100% in area-based habitat units, at least 10% in hedgerow units, and at least 10% in watercourse units; calculated using the biodiversity metric published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs on 12 February 2024, or such other biodiversity metric approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.\n(b) The biodiversity design strategy must be substantially in accordance with the outline LEMP, must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the operation of the relevant part of the authorised development to which the plan relates.\n(2) No phase of the authorised development may commence until a LEMP covering that phase has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.\n(3) The LEMP for each phase of the authorised development must—\n(a) be in accordance with the outline LEMP, the biodiversity design strategy approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) and the design principles;\n(b) provide details of the proposed hard and soft landscape and biodiversity enhancement works including (in so far as is relevant)—\n(i) surveys, assessments and method statements;\n(ii) location, number, species, size, plant protection measures and planting density of any proposed planting and the location of areas to be seeded;\n(iii) cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment; and\n(iv) implementation timetables for all landscape and biodiversity enhancement works; and\n(c) provide details of how the landscape and biodiversity enhancement measures will be managed and maintained during the operation of the authorised development.\n(4) All landscape and biodiversity enhancement works associated with the authorised development in each phase must be carried out in accordance with the approved LEMP for that phase.\n(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), “commence” includes part (b) (site clearance and/or vegetation works) of the site enabling works.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 13.11.2025, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1175/schedule/2/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:09:52.508378+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}