Paragraph 9 Landscape and ecology management plans

(1)

Grand Opening must not take place until—

(a)

the site controller has submitted to the Secretary of State for approval a plan that—

(i)

is in substantial accordance with reference document 12 (outline landscape and ecology management plan), and

(ii)

meets the requirements of sub-paragraph (2),

(“landscape and ecology management plan”) for each part of the Order land in relation to which a habitat creation and enhancement plan is to be submitted under condition 8 (habitat creation and enhancement plans), and

(b)

the Secretary of State has endorsed that plan.

(2)

A landscape and ecology management plan must identify the body responsible for its implementation and include—

(a)

an OS plan of the land to which it relates;

(b)

a description and evaluation of the condition of the features to be managed;

(c)

a description of the ecological trends and constraints relevant to the management of the land;

(d)

a description of the target condition of those features that is to be achieved and an estimate of the date by which it will be achieved, having regard to those trends and constraints and any other matters that may affect its achievement;

(e)

details of management actions to be undertaken to—

(i)

maintain the population of relevant species, and the geographical distribution of relevant species, habitats, structures and features, identified in the endorsed habitat creation and enhancement plan relating to that area, or

(ii)

achieve the target condition referred to in paragraph (d);  

(f)

a species and habitats maintenance schedule;

(g)

details of how the effectiveness of steps taken to manage species and habitats, and achieve the target condition referred to in paragraph (d), will be monitored, including—

(i)

the methodology, frequency, and duration of monitoring, and

(ii)

the circumstances in which corrective action is to be taken if monitoring indicates that those steps are not effective, and the nature of the corrective action to be taken.

(3)

If, notwithstanding the taking of action as described in sub-paragraph (2)(g)(ii), the monitoring carried out under a landscape and ecology management plan indicates that there has been a failure to achieve the target condition to be achieved under an endorsed habitat creation and enhancement plan or an endorsed landscape and ecology management plan, the site controller must submit to the Secretary of State for approval a document setting out further action to be taken to remedy the failure, and implement it once it has been endorsed.

(4)

Specified habitats must be managed and maintained in accordance with the landscape and ecology management plan that relates to the part of the Order land where they are located.