Insisting on native species in planting/ landscaping schemes - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

I'm not sure about unreasonable but the first thought I had is how would/could you enforce such an insistance? Ian

Totally unreasonable and as Ian has said completely unenforceable. My feeling has always been that whilst a scheme of landscaping for a domestic garden can control boundary features and specimin trees, to seek to control the individual plants in the flowerbeds is taking it too far!

Matthew ... have just had a thought! You could possibly frame a negatively worded condition to prevent a particulary invasive species such as ponticum being planted? That would be more reasonable and easier to enforce. Mike

Many thanks guys. I should clarify that I am not thinking about proposing any intervention like this for any development in particular, I have a member of the public who thinks the planning system has more control and power over human activity than is true in reality. I am framing an argument that such action is unreasonable and the grounds suggested are what I had in mind too. So thank you for confirming my suspicions. Michael - I think your last point is very interesting and might have worked, particularly as the site my complainant has in mind is next to a SSSI. That might be our only degree of influence - but it might be a workable compromise.