Ecological Risk Assessment

You buy your site, you commission the architect, you apply for planning permission – and then discover that you need to spend the next two years and a lot of money undertaking mitigation for a couple of Great Crested Newts (or some other protected species).

You could avoid that and similar common scenarios. An Ecological Risk Assessment report produced before you buy the site, or start applying for planning permission, would inform you what ecological liabilities you are at risk from and what would be involved in potentially addressing those issues.

If there are no significant ecology risks, the Ecological Risk Assessment report could be submitted to the planners when you apply for planning permission – pre-empting any requests for ecology surveys and saving potential delays from ecology later on in the process.

To discuss your site and your requirements, contact us today.