Angie is just plain wrong on her perception of approval process. Sounds like she got trolled by companies mentioned.

And then there MAY be landscapers who KNOW the rules and only landscape to the rules. Perhaps they feel their plans are good (approvable), and if not they will more than likely make good, if something comes up?

The rules say you must get approval before work commences, so how is that knowing (following) the rules?

File the plan do it right.

That could be... However, it was not the landscaper who submitted the ARC approval... He couldn't start until other work was complete. So you see... this isn't about MY landscaper.