The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020

Landscaping and ecological management plan

7.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a written landscaping and ecological management plan for that part has been submitted to and, following consultation with Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Natural England, approved in writing by the county planning authority.

(2) Any landscaping and ecological management plan prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must—

(a) be based on the mitigation measures included in the environmental statement;

(b) not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects than those assessed in the environmental statement;

(c) be in general accordance with the approach to detailed design;

(d) be in general accordance with the landscaping plans; and

(e) include the details listed in sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The details referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are—

(a) details of proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including location, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting;

(b) details of proposed boundary treatments;

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

(d) proposed finished ground levels;

(e) hard surfacing materials;

(f) any ecological mitigation areas;

(g) details of any existing trees, hedges and shrubs to be retained

(h) implementation timetables for the landscaping and ecological management works; and

(i) details of the maintenance regime for the landscaping and ecological management works, which must—

(i) provide for maintenance for a period of 15 years commencing with the date of completion of the relevant landscaping and ecological management works; and

(ii) include measures for the replacement in the first available planting season, of any tree or shrub planted as part of that landscaping and ecological management plan which, within the period referred to in paragraph (i), dies, becomes seriously diseased or is seriously damaged.

(4) All landscaping works must be carried out and maintained in accordance with the relevant landscaping scheme approved under sub-paragraph (1) for that part.