Earlier this summer Jeremy became one of the first Registered Consultants in respect of Natural England’s Great Crested Newt Low Impact Licensing Scheme. The scheme aims to reduce the licensing burden for developers in situations where impacts to great crested newts and their habitat are considered to be small scale. According to Natural England, ‘the concept…
[Sectors: Land Use Development]
We are delighted to have been awarded a contract, by Natural England, to carry out upland breeding bird surveys in the Forest of Bowland. (Photo credit: curlew, courtesy of Mark Breaks)
[Sectors: Public]
Due to the large number of applications received (>200) we are not able to reply to each applicant quickly. We will however respond in writing or email to every application over the coming weeks. Thank you for showing an interest in our company and also for being patient whilst we review applications.
We are pleased to announce that we successfully received CHAS registration during March this year. Registration with the scheme is an accepted industry standard in respect of our organisational health and safety and our specific health and safety arrangements.
Natural England introduced a new licence in 2016 to: intentionally damage or destroy water vole burrows and to disturb by displacing water voles occupying burrows before carrying out lawful development works (licence CL31). Previously the only licencing requirements in respect of water vole related to their live capture using traps. Two of our staff (Jeremy and…
[Sectors: Infrastructure]
