[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background BSG Ecology was commissioned by Monmouthshire County Council to produce a Green Infrastructure Management Plan.  A key element of the plan was delivering benefits to the hazel dormouse population of St Diall’s Wood, as funding for the enhancement...

11 March, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview In 2009 Park Holidays Ltd proposed to extend and modernise Landscove Holiday Park to revitalise it as a tourist destination. In 2019 BSG Ecology completed the final year of post development monitoring. Ecology was the key consenting issue due...

21 January, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology has provided ecological survey, planning and licensing support to Bedford Estates to inform the refurbishment of Woburn Abbey and Gardens.  The main ecological issue for the project is roosting bats, and BSG has worked closely with Nick...

08 January, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology was commissioned by Thomas White Oxford Ltd, the development company of St John’s College, to provide ecological support for Oxford North. The project aims to deliver a new sustainable business community that will include large-scale new...

06 January, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology was commissioned by Barratt Homes to provide ecological support in relation to its 130 home Meadow View residential development in Swindon, Wiltshire.  Planning conditions included the production and subsequent implementation of a habitat management plan. One...

17 December, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology was asked by Sero Homes to provide ecological support for their proposal to build 35 Zero carbon homes at Parc Hadau, Pontardawe. We undertook early consultation with the local planning authority, completed a range of ecological...

13 December, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology was contracted by BAM Construction to discharge pre-commencement ecological conditions and secure a European Protected Species Mitigation Licence to allow a flagship new school in Powys to be built in accordance with project timelines.  We successfully...

11 December, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview A thermal camera was used by BSG Ecology to determine whether bats were roosting in a bridge over the River Derwent. The results of the survey allowed the provision of robust advice to Derbyshire County Council on the...

30 July, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology provided ecological and spatial analytical support to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) in their cost-benefit analysis of 150 proposed electricity transmission schemes across thirty-six European countries. BSG’s study compiled environmental and...

04 July, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview Natural England required a Parkland Management Plan to inform the feasibility of maximising the biodiversity and heritage value of the historic Brampton Bryan Park, Herefordshire. The plan will from part of a Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship application. BSG Ecology...

21 June, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview At a wind farm site in Wales, terrain analysis and visibility modelling was used to determine the best vantage points for winter bird surveys in support of a wind farm development. Challenge BSG Ecology was commissioned to collect baseline ornithological...

10 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology has provided ecological support to Magnox Ltd in the decommissioning of nuclear plants at Hinkley Point, Winfrith, Berkeley, and Oldbury. These projects have all needed Habitats Regulations Assessment as well as wider ecological support. Flexibility and...

08 May, 2019