Landscaping and biodiversity protection management and enhancementE+W+S
6.—(1) No part of the authorised development may commence until a landscaping and biodiversity protection plan for that part has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (and the Canal and River Trust shall be consulted in relation to any details submitted to the relevant planning authority in relation to coir rolls pursuant to sub-paragraph 2(c)).
(2) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must include details of and a timetable for implementation of—
(a)further survey work carried out to establish whether any protected species are present on any of the land affected, or likely to be affected, by that part, and, where a protected species is shown to be present, a scheme of protection and mitigation measures;
(b)measures to protect existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained; and
(c)biodiversity and habitat mitigation and impact avoidance including the location and species composition of any coir rolls habitat.
(3) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved throughout the construction of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.
(4) No part of the authorised development may be commissioned until a landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan that includes a landscape and biodiversity strategy, which specifies maintenance periods, for that part has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(5) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) must include details of—
(a)implementation and management of all new shrub and tree planting;
(b)measures to enhance and maintain existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained;
(c)measures to enhance biodiversity and habitats within Order Land or land within the Borough of North Lincolnshire that is under the control of the undertaker or other land within the Borough of North Lincolnshire provided it is accompanied by detailed implementation proposals incorporating an implementation timetable;
(d)an implementation timetable and responsibilities for implementation by third parties where appropriate; and
(e)annual landscaping and biodiversity management and maintenance.
(6) Any shrub or tree planted within Works Nos. 1-11 as part of the approved plan 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 at least of the size as that originally planted unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.
(7) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) must be in accordance with the principles of the indicative landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan and must be accompanied by a statement explaining how any planting proposed adjoining the Order limits has been subject to consultation with Keadby with Althorpe Parish Council along with the regard had to feedback received subject to the principles of the indicative landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan.
(8) The plan must be implemented and maintained as approved during the operation of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.