SCHEDULE 2REQUIREMENTS

PART 1REQUIREMENTS

Landscape design

schedule 2 paragraph 6 + 6.—(1) No part of the energy park works or railway reinstatement works may commence until a landscaping scheme has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority following consultation with Natural England to the extent the landscaping scheme relates to matters relevant to their functions.

(2) The scheme submitted and approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the indicative landscape and biodiversity plans, the plans in appendix I (biodiversity net gain report) of the ecology and nature conservation chapter of the environmental statement in order to deliver the biodiversity net gain, and design process and codes set out in the design principles and codes and must include details of all hard and soft landscaping works, including—

schedule 2 paragraph 6 2 a + (a)materials, and the number, species, sizes and planting positions of any planting;

schedule 2 paragraph 6 2 b + (b)measures to protect any existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained;

schedule 2 paragraph 6 2 c + (c)hard surfacing materials;

schedule 2 paragraph 6 2 d + (d)an implementation plan; and

schedule 2 paragraph 6 2 e + (e)a future maintenance plan.

(3) The scheme must be implemented within a period of 12 months beginning with the coming into operation of the authorised development and maintained as approved during the operation of the authorised development, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.