Case Studies – JP Ecological Services

Sun Power for Chester WWTW

The project to install solar panels at Chester’s water treatment plant required extensive survey and mitigation work and a biodiversity net gain design to provide improvements for local nature

Change of Use Assessment

Surveys to inform a bid for a change of use planning permission submission for a long disused area of grazing land with a variety of priority habitats established on it?

Meadow Assessment – Llanharan

An assessment of the ecological value of old meadows prior to preparing a bid to include the site in the Local Development Plan highlighted potential difficulties with development.

Bat Survey Projects

UK bats are protected species, so ecological surveys must be conducted to ensure their absence or to help modify designs and include mitigation measures within development plans.

Science Park Solar Power

A significant amount of our work on this project was investigating whether badgers from the local nature reserve were making use of the proposed site.

Impact of Aberbargoed Development

Proposals to build houses next to the Aberbargoed Grasslands Nature Reserve, SAC and SSSI required more than usually detailed ecological surveys.

Renewable Energy Centre for Jarrow

Proposals to build an energy centre to extract and distribute heat from the River Tyne required a range of ecological assessments and a Biodiversity Net Gain design.

New Studios for Dragonwood

A series of surveys was required at Dragonwood Studios, south Wales, to determine the extent of reptile and amphibian populations and to advise on mitigation measures.

Garnswllt Dormouse Assessment

Our work at Garnswllt waste water treatment centre included a range of protected species surveys and studies, in particular demonstrating the absence of dormice from the woodland area.

Renewable Energy for Llanelli Site

Ecological surveys are an essential part of the planning and installation processes required to take advantage of the renewable energy provided by the Sun.