The A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction Development Consent Order 2022

Landscaping

5.—(1) The authorised development must be landscaped in accordance with a landscaping scheme which sets out details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works and which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its functions.

(2) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must reflect the mitigation measures set out in the REAC and be based on the environmental masterplan.

(3) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of—

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

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

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

(d) proposed finished ground levels;

(e) implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and

(f) measures for the replacement, in the first available planting season, of any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a minimum period of 5 years after the completion of the part of the authorised development to which the relevant landscaping scheme relates, dies, becomes seriously diseased or is seriously damaged, unless the LEMP specifies a longer replacement period; and

(g) how the landscaping scheme addresses the guidance in paragraph 4.29 of the National Policy Statement for National Networks for the appearance of national network projects to demonstrate good design as far as possible.

(4) All landscaping works must be carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other more suitable recognised codes of good practice provided these meet or exceed the appropriate British Standards.