Do you need help fulfilling your obligations to biodiversity? Have you been asked to provide an ecological report for a planning application? Do you already have planning permission but need to discharge conditions?
At ATW Ecology we offer a comprehensive range of services with ‘off the peg’ and custom designed solutions to help you achieve planning consent and discharge planning conditions.
Our team of experienced ecologists and specialist associates have experience in writing a wide range of ecological and environmental reports helping hundreds of happy clients achieve planning permission.
Ecological reports for planning applications
- Preliminary ecological appraisal reports (PEA)
- Phase 1 habitat survey & Extended phase 1 habitat survey reports
- UK Habitat classification reports (UK Hab)
- Preliminary bat roost appraisal (PRA) & full bat survey reports
- Habitat suitability Index (HSI) scoping survey & full great crested newt survey reports
- Protected species survey reports for bats, newts, dormice, badgers, otters, water voles, birds, crayfish, reptiles, terrestrial invertebrates, aquatic invertebrates etc.
- Hedgerow survey reports
- Pond survey reports
- National vegetation classification (NVC)
- Desktop search & local biological records centre data searches
- Invasive non-native species audits
- Ecological impact assessment (EIA)
- Habitats regulations assessment (HRA) stage one screening
- Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
Ecological reports to fulfil planning conditions
- Reasonable avoidance measures (RAMs) method statement
- Precautionary method of working method statement
- Invasive non-native species control & management plans
- Habitat management plans
- Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
- Biodiversity enhancement plan
- Construction ecological management plan / construction environmental management plan (CEMP)
- Biosecurity risk assessment
- Mitigation plans
