Approval is not always the end of the ecology work. Many permissions carry conditions requiring a construction environmental management plan or a biodiversity mitigation and enhancement scheme before development can begin.
Conditions of this type are usually worded tightly and have to be discharged before commencement. A plan that is vague, generic or copied from another site tends to come straight back from the council, costing weeks.
Every plan is written for the specific site and the specific condition wording, to give it the best chance of being approved without a second round of correspondence.
Biodiversity plans set out what is being provided and where — replacement roost features, bird and bat boxes, native planting, hedgerow reinstatement, habitat creation — with drawings or annotated plans where the council needs to see location and specification rather than intent.
Construction Environmental Management Plan. It is the document that sets out how environmental risks will be managed during the construction phase of a development.
Send the condition wording and the decision notice. The condition text usually specifies exactly what the council expects, and the right document can be identified from that before any work is quoted.
Yes, provided the existing survey work is sound and current. Send whatever reports you already have and they can be reviewed first.
Areas covered: Omagh · Cookstown · Enniskillen · Derry / Londonderry · Strabane · Dungannon
Send the site address and a short description and I'll come back with a quote and a likely timescale.
