The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

Provision of landscaping E+W

18.—(1) The works comprising Work No. 25 must not commence until a written landscaping scheme and associated work programme (which accords with the principles set out in the CoCP and the design and access statement) has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The landscaping scheme must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—

(a) location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting, including any trees;

(b) pre-cultivation, cultivation and other operations to ensure plant establishment;

(c) the type, storage, and handling of imported materials;

(d) proposed finished ground levels;

(e) hard surfacing materials;

(f) vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas;

(g) minor structures, such as furniture, refuse or other storage units, signage and lighting;

(h) proposed and existing functional services above and below ground, including drainage, power and communications cables and pipelines, manholes and supports;

(i) details of existing trees to be retained, with measures for their protection during the construction period;

(j) retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant;

(k) implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and

(l) future maintenance regimes.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 18 in force at 28.11.2014, see art. 1