by Donna Popplewell | May 1, 2020 | Newsletters
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...
by Donna Popplewell | Feb 25, 2020 | Newsletters
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...
by Katie Bott | Dec 17, 2019 | Newsletters
The Government announced its intention that Biodiversity Net Gain would be a mandatory requirement in their 25 year plan, released on the 13th of March 2019. The principle is to ensure that residential and infrastructure developments deliver measurable ecological...
by Donna Popplewell | Nov 1, 2019 | Newsletters
Bakerwell director Donna Popplewell recently collaborated with ENDS report to provide a brief rundown on Biodiversity Net Gain, the purpose of the Governments new planning guidance and the potential implications for councils and developers. Click here to read the...
by Michael Smith | Dec 18, 2018 | Newsletters
Government Consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain The proposals under consultation until February 2019 seek to provide a single nationwide ecological assessment system for scoring the biodiversity of a prospective development site and setting requirements...