To facilitate a small housing development in the village of Horsmonden, GreenLink Ecology Ltd. conducted a reptile mitigation strategy for an old orchard that had reverted to scrub, carefully relocating hundreds of common lizards and slow worms during 2011.
Graham Chiesman House was a derelict ex-care home located outside of Chislehurst that is currently undergoing reconstruction.
GreenLink Ecology Ltd.undertook reptile, bat and badger survey work for the site during 2013, subsequently applied for a licence from Natural England and implemented the mitigation/enhancement measures.
To allow for a leachate lagoon to be repaired within a 1970s landfill site, GreenLink Ecology Ltd. undertook great crested newt and reptile survey work in 2009, to inform a subsequent European Protected Species licence application. The site proved to be a challenge for all concerned but the mitigation measures were successfully implemented on time and within budget.
Ensden Oast was a derelict property located in Chilham, Kent with a resident population of brown long-eared bats. GreenLink Ecology Ltd. undertook detailed bat survey work in 2012 to inform a European Protected Species licence application. The property has since been carefully converted and due to the successful implementation of mitigation/enhancement measures, the bat population remains in residence.
Fountains Park is located outside Westerham, off the A25 in Kent. GreenLink Ecology Ltd. undertook great crested newt and reptile survey work for the site during 2011, subsequently applying successfully for a European Protected Species licence. 2012-present monitoring of the great crested newt population has revealed that our habitat enhancement measures have resulted in a dramatic population increase.
To avoid an approximate 8 month delay to a housing scheme in St Leonards, GreenLink Ecology Ltd. provided an experienced Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) to supervise the careful removal of building with low bat roost potential, prior to survey work conducted in 2011 to inform a European Protected Species licence application.
Treetops is a private residential property located close to Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. GreenLink Ecology Ltd. was instructed to undertake an ecological scoping survey and subsequent detailed protected species surveys during 2013. Due to planning permission being refused, we assisted with the appeal process via the Planning Inspectorate in 2014.
Since 2009, GreenLink Ecology Ltd. has worked with Bracknell Forest Council on a number of School redevelopment projects involving baseline ecology surveys, bat surveys, BREEAM assessments, tree removal, mitigation strategies and habitat enhancement work.
Wye Campus is located in the heart of rural Kent. To inform a planning application GreenLink Ecology Ltd. was instructed to undertake a variety of surveys for the site during 2009, confirming the presence of great crested newts and a common pipistrelle maternity colony.
