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title: Climate-Resilient Landscape Design Contracts
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date: 2024-03-27T14:16:15Z
modified: 2025-07-23T11:16:20Z
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permalink: clauses/climate-resilient-landscape-design-contracts.html
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status: publish
type: clause
jurisdiction:
  - England & Wales
maintenance-status:
  - Not maintained
practice-area:
  - Construction
  - Real estate and property
sector:
  - Real estate
eleventyComputed:
  clause_child_name: "Edgar's Clause"
  clause_summary: Insert a clause into landscape architect appointments and/ or building contracts requiring the appointee to utilise the available open space in an environmentally efficient manner.
  clause_last_updated_date: 2022-06-17
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# Climate-Resilient Landscape Design Contracts

## Child’s name

Edgar's Clause

## Summary

Insert a clause into landscape architect appointments and/ or building contracts requiring the appointee to utilise the available open space in an environmentally efficient manner.

## What this clause does

This clause promotes nature based solutions and biodiversity in landscape architect appointments and/ or building contracts, on land that might otherwise be used in a carbon intensive or unsustainable way. To be fully effective, the use of this drafting should be aligned with the development of laws/ planning regulations around habitat ‘zoning’ to encourage habitat continuity and species corridors across the landscape.

## Clause Content

*\[Drafting note: Capitalised terms relate to either a defined term in this clause or a defined term in the main agreement that this clause is designed to be inserted into.\]*

1\. Design

1.1 The Consultant shall ensure in so far as possible and in accordance with the law that in the design of the Landscaped Area:

1.1.1 \[a minimum of \[**●**\]% of the Landscaped Area shall consist of Native Flora \[typical of \[**●**\] habitat\]\];

1.1.2 \[only Native Trees are specified for use\];

1.1.3 \[a maximum of \[**●**\]% of the Landscaped Area consists of Hard Landscaping\];

1.1.4 \[habitats for \[**●**\] species are \[maintained\]\[enhanced\] as set out in the \[**●**\] \[Ecology Report dated **●**\]\];

1.1.5 \[insert any additional planning conditions or site specific landscaping conditions relating to environmental management\].

1.2 The Consultant shall collaborate with the other Professionals to ensure that the Development achieves a Biodiversity Gain of at least \[10\]% which will be maintained for at least \[30\] years after the Development is completed.