The A303 Sparkford to Ilchester Dualling Development Consent Order 2021

Landscaping E+W

6.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a written landscaping scheme for that part has, after consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority and the local highway authority, been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State.

(2) Where the written landscaping scheme to be submitted under sub-paragraph (1) relates to or includes reference to any part of the Hazlegrove Registered Park and Garden, consultation must be undertaken with the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England and the Gardens Trust in addition to the consultees set out in sub-paragraph (1).

(3) No part of the authorised development, including vegetation clearance, is to commence until an arboricultural walkover survey and tree survey for that part, taking due regard to the guidance in British Standard 5837:2012 or other recognised codes of good practice, have been undertaken to identify any significant constraints posed by trees.

(4) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must be based on the environmental statement and the results of the surveys undertaken under sub-paragraph (3), and must be in accordance with the LEMP.

(5) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of hard and soft landscaping works, including—

(a) surveys, assessments and method statements as guided by BS 5837:2012 and the Hedgerows Regulations 1997 M1 ;

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

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

(d) proposed finished ground levels and profiles of any proposed bunds and cuttings;

(e) hard surfacing materials, including surfacing of access tracks and roads and surfacing or facing materials of bunds;

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

(g) details of boundary treatments, environmental barriers, stone walls, fencing, gates and stiles, and

(h) implementation timetables for all landscaping works.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 19.2.2021, see art. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1997/1160.