# The Wrexham Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2017, Paragraph 3: Provision of and implementation and maintenance of landscaping and ecological mitigation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) No authorised development may commence until a written landscaping and ecological mitigation scheme has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The landscaping and ecological mitigation scheme must be substantially in accordance with the illustrative landscape and ecological mitigation master plan and must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping and ecological mitigation works, including—
(a) location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting;
(b) site restoration cultivation, importing of materials including topsoil and subsoil handling and storage in accordance with BS 3882:2015 and other landscape reinstatement operations in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of Practice for general Landscape Operations, and the earthworks specification to ensure plant establishment;
(c) proposed finished ground levels;
(d) an arboricultural method statement including details of existing trees and tree groups identified for retention, management and reinforcement with the type and extent of protection to be in accordance with BS 5837: 2012;
(e) implementation timetables for all landscaping works;
(f) surface water attenuation ponds;
(g) the locations of low fertility (where applicable) for invertebrates;
(h) butterfly habitat planting; and
(i) the ecological monitoring and management included in the environmental statement.
(2) The relevant planning authority must consult NRW before determining the landscaping and ecological mitigation scheme under sub-paragraph (1). The procedure set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 (procedure for discharge of requirements) shall apply.
(3) The landscaping and ecological mitigation works must be carried out in accordance with the approved landscaping and ecological mitigation scheme.
(4) The landscaping and ecological mitigation works must be carried out in accordance with implementation timetables approved under sub-paragraph (1).
(5) Any tree or shrub planted as part of the approved landscaping scheme that, within a period of five years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.
(6) The landscaping and ecological mitigation works must be managed and maintained throughout the life of the authorised development to ensure the long term adequacy of the approved landscaping and ecological mitigation scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/766/schedule/3/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wrexham-gas-fired-generating-station-order-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-3
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