Co-ecology Ltd

Planning Applications – We work with you and your project team to ensure your plan or project achieves approval in a streamlined and timely way, aligning with all local and National policies and best practise guidelines

Consents – We obtain all necessary consents and permits within as short a time frame as is achievable. Our ecologists hold all required licences and accreditations for survey and mitigation, including fast track applications under Natural England’s Class Licence schemes for Bats and Badgers

Construction – We work in partnership with your site teams to deliver all ecological construction enabling activities efficiently and effectively so as to minimise delays and maximise gains

Advice – We provide you and your team with timely, up to date and practical advice to enable successful and quick decision making. Our guidance informed by decades of experience, will lead you through the minefield of legislation and policy and provide you with the confidence needed to move forward

Site Appraisal – An experienced consultant will provide you with an initial assessment from a desk based exercise, confirmed by a habitat survey and risk assessment for protected species. We carry out only those species specific surveys that are required to inform design and for consent to be granted

Determining Constraints – Working with your design team, following best practise guidance and informed by the British Standard for Biodiversity, we establish any constraints to your scheme by a studied assessment of the proposals

Master Planning – Whatever the size of the scheme

Mitigation Solutions – As part of an iterative process our consultants work in collaboration with your architects and engineers to develop cost effective and time sensitive solutions to inform design, minimising costs and delays whilst maximising benefits for biodiversity

Experienced – led by an ecologist with over 22 years of proven effective delivery within a consultancy and construction environment

Team – Our staff are all ecologists working at a senior level and hold all relevant qualifications and licences with expertise in survey, assessment, mitigation and habitat design.

Pragmatic – Our approach delivers what you need in an efficient and timely manner tempered with an evolved appreciation of commercial pressures and the realities of construction

Focussed – On delivery and ensuring all key project milestones are met without fuss or drama, to time and on budget

Dedicated – To achieving the best outcomes practicable for your project and for biodiversity conservation