[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 css=""] Overview BSG Ecology have provided ecological support to the extension of the Rising Sun Country Park in North Tyneside since 2015.  This initially involved working with Northumberland Estates to secure a 35 hectare extension to the park as...

18 March, 2026

[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 css=""] Overview Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) proposed replacing the ageing Lee Valley Ice Centre with a new twin Olympic sized ice-pad facility. BSG Ecology worked closely with the project landscape architects to design an innovative scheme which...

05 September, 2024

[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 worked closely with Oxford City Council, Shotover Wildlife and LDA Design to produce Shotover Country Park 2022-2032 Management Plan. This document presents the biodiversity and landscape value of this magical wild space near Oxford in an...

15 March, 2024

[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 and the Floodplain Meadows Partnership (FMP) were commissioned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to identify locations in Gwent with potential for restoring and enhancing floodplains. A GIS model was developed to help identify potential areas where floodplain...

15 October, 2021

[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 support to Monmouthshire County Council to assist them in efficiently progressing their planning caseload. Advice on over 100 planning applications was provided between November 2020 and March 2021 by a BSG staff member working...

29 April, 2021

[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 The client required an extended Phase 1 survey to inform site investigations ahead of the recapping of a former landfill in the Swansea Valley. We completed a site survey, provided initial advice and produced a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal...

08 April, 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] Background BSG Ecology was commissioned by Derbyshire County Council Property Services Division to assist in the design of a green roof at The Derbyshire ECO Centre in Derbyshire as part of the development for a new educational building that...

01 August, 2018

[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 In 2008 BSG Ecology was invited to become part of the LDA-Hargreaves design team appointed to prepare a masterplan for the Olympic Park, within which the principal venues for the 2012 London Olympic Games will reside. This new landmark...

01 August, 2018

[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 worked with Peter Brett Associates (PBA) on behalf of the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to provide ecological advice regarding the demolition of 23 buildings prior to construction of a large scale residential development at Princess...

01 August, 2018

[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 appointed by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Croydon to carry out surveys of 29 schools as part of the Government’s ‘Building Schools for the Future’ (BSF) programme.  The...

01 August, 2018