Licences & Assesments

Natural England Licence Applications
Where protected species (eg. Badgers, Bats) are present these need to be obtained before a scheme can proceed so that developers can ensure that they are operating in accordance with current legislative requirements.

Ecological Clerk of Works
This service consists of the provision of a watching brief while development is underway and is often a requirement of certain types of protected species licence.

Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIAs)
Often carried out as part of statutory Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, they are the process of gathering relevant information and weighing the relative importance of the effects of a proposed development on sites, habitats and species.

BREEAM / Code for Sustainable Home Assessments
LCA can assist in connection with the completing the Land and Ecology category of this schemes, the undertaking of which can contribute towards the achievement of a very good or excellent rating.