The Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017

Landscaping

6.—(1) No part of the authorised development may be commenced until a landscape scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority for that part. The scheme must include–

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

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

(c) proposed finished ground levels;

(d) a requirement that the height of soil bunds must not exceed 3 metres;

(e) a requirement that topsoil and subsoil must not be imported to or exported from the site except for contaminated soil found on site that must be exported to a site permitted to accept it;

(f) hard surfacing materials;

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

(h) implementation timetables for all landscaping works.

(2) The landscape scheme submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the landscaping plans.

(3) All landscaping must be carried out in accordance with the landscape scheme approved under requirement 6(1).

(4) All landscaping carried out in accordance with requirement 6(3) must be maintained by the undertaker for the lifetime of the authorised development.

(5) Any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscape 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.

(6) In the event of a brine leakage, a soil and landscaping scheme detailing those habitats, trees, shrubs or hedgerows damaged, together with remedial measures proposed, shall within a period of three months of the leak’s detection be submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority. The approved scheme shall be undertaken during the following planting season and maintained by the undertaker for the lifetime of the authorised development.