Dear all, Re. BCT LinkedIn forum requests for BREEAM Report Over the last few months, I have received around 30 requests for a copy of the Arbtech BREEAM Ecology Report (link to service page only) featured by the BRE themselves, in their 2011 guidance note to BREEAM assessors, GN01. An apology from Robert Oates A [...]

Bat surveys are frequently requested from those of you submitting planning applications in the various boroughs of Surrey. In fact, in e.g. Waverley, Elmbridge, Guildford and Surrey Heath, a bat survey is a validation requirement for any development proposals that involve demolition. Surrey Wildlife Trust require Bat Surveys Surrey Wildlife Trust oversees the assessment of [...]

Earlier this year, the government announced plans to introduce biodiversity offsetting schemes to the UK. The first pilot schemes are due to begin soon, in Spring 2012, with the stated aim of testing a ‘metric based approach’ towards biodiversity conservation. As a leading Ecological Consultancy, Arbtech have welcomed the move. Similar offsetting schemes are already [...]

In Surrey, Badger Surveys are a frequent requirement for developers to submit, along with an application. Organisations like the East Surrey Badger Group and Surrey Wildlife Trust routinely review planning applications for various council’s within the boroughs of Surrey, and or act as the councils’ internal consultees for matters of biodiversity and protected species, in [...]

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Old Windsor Bat Emergence Survey Video This blog post explains a little bit about bat surveys and what goes on while our surveyors are at your property! Berkshire bat surveys by Berkshire licensed bat surveyors This was a site we surveyed earlier this year in Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire. Previously, a scoping bat [...]