Discharge of Condition No.10: Landscaping Before the commencement of the development hereby permitted a landscape planting scheme, which shall include the following: - (a) details of existing trees and hedgerows within the application site and any adjacent areas within the applicant’s control (indicating those to be retained and measures for their protection during the course of development); (b) a planting schedule (identifying the species of trees and shrubs, location, numbers and planting densities); (c) details of aftercare (including details of watering and mulching, checks on guards, staking and tying, weed control and refirming after hard frost or severe winds, etc); (d) details of hard landscaping, paving, mounding / bunds and turfing; and (e) a programme of implementation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be carried out within the periods stated within the programme starting with the date of commencement of the development. For a period of five years following their planting the new trees / shrubs shall be protected and maintained, and any trees / shrubs which die, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the following planting season with other of similar size and species except where it is impractical for the replacement of existing mature trees/shrubs. During the five year aftercare period, only where an existing mature tree / shrub has been lost as a result of the development hereby permitted, or where prevailing conditions indicate replacement planting of like for like would be certain to fail, shall replacement planting with other species (of an appropriate size and suitable alternative species fit for purpose) be planted in the first planting season following any such loss of planting. Reason: In the interest of the visual amenities of the area.

Land at Showground Road Showground Road Bridgwater TA6 6AJ