The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

Provision of landscaping

14.—(1) No stage of the onshore works must commence until a written landscaping scheme and associated work programme in relation to each stage of the onshore works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(2) Each landscaping scheme must be drawn up in accordance with the relevant measures contained within the draft landscaping scheme and include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—

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

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

(c) proposed finished ground levels;

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

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

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

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

(h) implementation timetables for all landscaping works.