Implementation and maintenance of landscapingE+W+S
9.—(1) All landscaping works (with the exception of the highway works which are governed by requirements 4 and 5 and Schedules 19 and 20 (protection of interests)) must be carried out and maintained in accordance with the landscaping scheme approved under requirement 8 (provision of landscaping and ecological mitigation) to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of British Standard 4428:1989 “Code of Practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces)” and British Standard 8545:2014 “Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape – Recommendations”.
(2) Any tree or shrub planted as part of an approved landscape scheme that, within a period of 10 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 the local planning authority gives consent to any variation.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 2.2.2016, see art. 1