The Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Extensions Offshore Wind Farm Order 2024

Provision of landscaping

11.—(1) No phase of the onshore works may commence until a written landscape management plan (which accords with the outline landscape management plan) for that phase has been submitted to, and approved by, the relevant planning authority.

(2) Each landscaping scheme must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—

(a) surveys, assessments and method statements;

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

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

(d) proposed finished ground levels;

(e) details of existing trees and hedges to be removed and details of existing trees and hedges to be retained, with measures for their protection during the construction period where applicable and the details provided should be in accordance with British Standard 5837:2012 “Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction” and the Hedgerow Regulations 1997; and

(f) implementation timetables for all landscaping works, including proposals for reinstatement.

(3) A landscape management plan submitted under sub-paragraph ‎(1) may cover one or more phase of the onshore works.

(4) Each landscape management plan must be implemented as approved.