[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 to provide ecological support to Buckinghamshire Council at the new Bierton Crematorium site. BSG Ecology prepared an Ecological Mitigation and Management Plan (EMMP) in line with a planning condition for the development, to ensure...

[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...

[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 with the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes project team to successfully deliver an orchid translocation scheme as part of the consented Biodiversity Strategy for a large-scale residential development on the outskirts of Burley in...

[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 led the ecological input to the BREEAM assessment for a unified new breast care unit at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, Caerphilly. This enabled the Health Board to adopt an approach to development and management that will help...

[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 support to Leisure Resorts Ltd (and a previous landowner), allowing them to overcome complex great crested newt licensing issues during the build out of the Ullswater Heights Holiday Park, near Penrith, Cumbria. We agreed a...

[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 applied their knowledge of bats and experience and understanding of species licencing to avoid potentially lengthy and costly delays to a residential development where bats, including greater horseshoe, were unexpectedly discovered. Challenge During a residential development project in...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...