10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, no stage of the authorised development may commence until, where relevant for that stage, a replacement planting scheme in accordance with the principles contained in the code of construction practice which replaces the trees and hedgerows identified to be removed in the tree and hedgerow protection strategy approved under Requirement 9 [F1(retention and protection of existing trees)], has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in connection with the non-linear works at Overton, Tadcaster and Monk Fryston to the extent that replacement planting is included in the landscape strategy under Requirement 8 [F2(landscaping at Overton, Tadcaster and Monk Fryston)].
(3) The scheme for replacement planting submitted under paragraph (1) must include details appropriate for the relevant stage, including—
(a)the location of planting and a schedule of plants noting quantities, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting or seeding;
(b)cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant and seed establishment; and
(c)details of the five year maintenance regime including monitoring and management.
(4) The scheme for replacement planting referred to in paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved, by no later than the first available planting season after the authorised development is first brought into operation use and carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of the appropriate British Standard or other recognised codes of good practice.
(5) Any replacement planting, including trees and hedgerows planted as part of an approved replacement planting 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, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 10(1) inserted (12.6.2024) by The National Grid (Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement Project) (Corrections) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/811), art. 1, Sch. 1
F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 10(2) inserted (12.6.2024) by The National Grid (Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement Project) (Corrections) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/811), art. 1, Sch. 1
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 5.4.2024, see art. 1