A comical moment on a recent survey prompted this blog. Our normally well-prepared team were caught off guard by unpredictable British weather.
Category Archives: Surveys
Don’t Pre-empt Planning Permission
The trend to proceed with site clearance ahead of ecological survey is increasing risk, cost, and timelines for development projects and can result in unlimited fines and a prison sentence.
Bats and Development
The presence of bats in a building is unlikely to prevent development but will require good planning, specialist advice and a licence to ensure bats are protected.
Bird Nests & Developers
Bird nests are protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act, so development projects might need surveys and management activities to protect breeding birds and to avoid breaching the law.
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.
Gardenwatch Time
This annual citizen-science project provides a valuable snapshot of the state of UK’s bird populations and will lead to changes in policies and practices to help them flourish again.
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.
Great-crested Newt Licence
This newt is the most highly protected amphibian in Britain and the most secretive in its habits. Licensed ecologists must employ a range of survey techniques to confirm its presence or absence.
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.
JP Ecological Services 