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(How to) Build Housing in a Nature Friendly Way
New guidance recently released by the Wildlife Trusts has set out a blueprint for building nature friendly homes, highlighting the environmental and economic benefits of this for developers, residents and wildlife. The guide highlights the importance of retaining and...
District Licensing in Kent
Bakerwell reported in 2017 (weblink to our article http://bit.ly/2mY8xDT) on the new district licensing project for great crested newts (GCN) which is coming to Kent. Developers choosing and able to bring their project under the district licensing scheme will not...
Monthly Networking Event in Sussex
Bakerwell have set up a networking group, Building Sussex Connections, with SEA Building Compliance and in association with kirksaunders. This is an informal networking group for property and construction professionals located in Hove, East Sussex. Each event is held...
Have Your Say!
Wildlife licences are required from Natural England in some situations, where your project may disturb or remove protected wildlife or damage protected habitats. Natural England are proposing to charge for protected species licences. The intention is to reduce the...
UK Environmental Protection Bill Update
The second hearing of the Proposed UK Environmental Protection Bill is due to take place on the 12th May 2017. The House of Commons will debate the proposal to safeguard protection measures for the UK. These are currently enshrined in EU legislation and the...
Kent Great Crested Newt District Licensing Project
Natural England (NE) are currently in the process of rolling out a GCN district licensing project in Kent. The aim is to implement district licensing in 6 districts in Kent from November 2017. A Kent wide conservation strategy...
District Great Crested Newt Licensing Update
Figure 1; NE plan of distribution of GCN EPSML activity in 2015 and 2016; provided at CIEEM webinar; available here. Red - highest areas of EPSMLs granted. Green – lowest. Uncoloured – no EPSML granted. Bakerwell recently reported on the new...
Green-Infrastructure Design Challenge
ARCC launched their 2017 challenge to provide ideas for an office roof top green infrastructure as building service design at Eco-build. The Adaption and Resilience in the Context of Change (ARCC) challenge is open to teams, students, practitioners and researchers....
A Review of the Online Biodiversity Planning Toolkit
The Biodiversity Planning Toolkit was created by the Association of Local Government Ecologist (ALGE) in partnership with conservation and planning organisations with the aim of incorporating biodiversity into the planning system and new development. The toolkit...
Natural England’s New EPS Policies; An Update
Bakerwell previously reported on Natural England’s new European protected species (EPS) licensing policies which were approved in December 2016. The policies will mainly be of use with great crested newts, but are also aimed to cover species such as...