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Nutrient Pollution
The Chief Planner at the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has recently released letters in regards to nutrient pollution which is having adverse effects on waterbodies and rivers in the catchments of sites protected for biodiversity under the...
Biodiversity Net Gain Update
With many local authorities requiring a Net Gain already are you ready? Do you know what Biodiversity Net Gain is and what it means for your proposals, Natural England have produced a short leaflet that explains more, you can access that here. Do you know what...
Memorable 2021 Project moments
Sussex: A solar farm in Ringmer covering 25 hectares of arable land. Following habitat surveys and protected species surveys plans were drawn up to convert the land below the solar panels into a grassland. With the aim of delivering Biodiversity Net Gain in accordance...
The Environment Act
The Environment Act was given Royal Assent on 9th November 2021! The legislation is designed to improve air and water quality, tackle waste, increase recycling, with a 2030 target to halt species decline and improve the natural environment.Through the Act new...
An update on Biodiversity Net Gain
Under the Environment Act a minimum 10% increase in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is required for developments A recent legal review confirmed 10% BNG will not be mandatory until a two year transitional period has passed and secondary legislation sets the date for the...
Welcome back! Building Sussex Connections
After 18 long months we are delighted to announce that Building Sussex Connections has been able to resume face to face networking events, and they are more popular than ever!We would firstly like to thank all our valued members for their support through the last 18...
Bakerwell Ltd Services During UK Lockdown
The 2019 corona virus disease (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease caused by corona virus (COVID - 19) is now prevalent within the UK. The health and wellbeing of our clients and employees is extremely important to us. Bakerwell will be following Government guidance on COVID...
South-East Construction Expo Breakfast: Upcoming Changes in Ecology
Bakerwell’s director gave a talk on upcoming changes in Ecology at the South East Construction Expo breakfast in early March this year. The talk focused mainly on the new upcoming requirement for development projects to achieve a net gain in biodiversity. This...
Protected Species Licences during COVID–19
Natural England (NE) COVID–19 have provided an update regarding their Planning Consultee and Protected Species Mitigation Licence (PSML) applications and work under a granted licence has just been published, click here for full details. In summary NE are seeking to...
Brexit: Ecology and Development
The withdrawal from the European Union is due to officially occur at the end of January. We are often asked how this will affect the requirement for impacts to protected species from proposed developments to be identified and mitigated. Domestic legislation e.g. the...