The Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022

Landscaping – other works

7.—(1) All landscaping shown in principle on the design drawings must be carried out in accordance with the landscaping details shown on the relevant drawing submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in accordance with requirement 4. The relevant work must not commence until an implementation timetable relevant to the approved landscaping has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The landscaping must be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the approved implementation timetable.

(2) Any tree or shrub planted as part of the approved landscaping scheme that, within a period of five years after the date that it is planted, is removed, uprooted, destroyed, dies or becomes in the opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be replaced with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted, unless the relevant planning authority gives consent to any variation.

(3) This requirement does not apply to Work Nos. 1, 1A, 1B or 1C or works subject to the Avon Gorge Vegetation Management Plan.