{"id":703,"date":"2022-02-12T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/?page_id=703"},"modified":"2022-03-10T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:26:50","slug":"ecological-compensation-and-enhancement-measures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/ecological-compensation-and-enhancement-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecological Compensation and Enhancement Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-wrapper block \">\n<div id=\"block_6207bc2ec9d17\"\n     class=\"hero block--primary block--padding    hero--padding-default \"\n     role=\"banner\">\n\n\t<link rel=\"preload\" as=\"image\" imagesrcset=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755.jpg 856w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-640x425.jpg 640w\" imagesizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 120vw, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\"\/>\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755.jpg\" class=\"hero__image\" alt=\"House Builders EMEC\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755.jpg 856w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_45665755-640x425.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/>\n\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Ecological Compensation and Enhancement Measures<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Providing specialised ecological consultancy services<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <div class=\"mon-row\">\n    <ul class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n      <!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.3.0 -->\n<li class=\"home\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to EMEC Ecology.\" href=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\" class=\"home\"><span property=\"name\">EMEC Ecology<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-root post post-post\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Insights.\" href=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/latest-insights-emec-ecology\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Insights<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"\/><\/span><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"block_6207bc51c9d18\"\n     class=\"block wysiwyg block--default  \">\n\t<div class=\"mon-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__content--full\">\n\t\t\t<p>Development projects can sometimes impact habitats and species on a site. Where possible mitigation measures, such as timing of works or protecting individual animals, will be undertaken to limit impacts; however, loss of habitat cannot always be avoided completely. In these cases compensation measures will be required, in the form of habitat creation works. EMEC Ecology are able to offer advice on all aspects of habitat creation, and our in-house team at\u00a0<a class=\"land-man-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emec-land-management.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMEC Land Management<\/a>\u00a0can carry out the practical conservation works on site.<\/p>\n<p>Planning departments often look for ecological gain within planning applications, and EMEC Ecology are able to design enhancement measures suited to a site. Once planning is granted, we can also undertake the installation of the enhancement measures via\u00a0<a class=\"land-man-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emec-land-management.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMEC Land Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"mt-5\">Habitat for Protected Species<\/h4>\n<p>If a protected species survey or Preliminary Ecological Appraisal finds evidence of protected species (and their habitat is to be lost or impacted), we can assist in the design and the creation of features suitable for this species. Sometime this may be as simple as the inclusion of bird and bat boxes on the exterior of a new building, or on a nearby mature tree. However, for larger projects compensation and enhancement measures may include habitat creation works such as pond construction, provision of bat flight lines (hedgerow planting), installation of barn owl boxes and hibernacula for amphibians and reptiles.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of compensation and enhancement works implemented by\u00a0<a class=\"land-man-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emec-land-management.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMEC Land Management<\/a>, assisted by our ecologists, include the design and creation of artificial badger setts in various locations including Nottingham city centre and Leicestershire, heated bat lofts and the creation of bat lofts suitable for brown long-eared bats in Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The\u00a0<a class=\"land-man-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emec-land-management.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMEC Land Management<\/a>\u00a0have also designed and constructed artificial otter holts in Newark-on-Trent, and at Rufford Country Park in Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"mt-5\">BREEAM &#8211; Biodiversity Enhancement Measures<\/h4>\n<p>As part of\u00a0<a class=\"in-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/BREEAMEcology.php\">BREEAM Ecology<\/a>, credits are awarded to developments that result in no net loss of biodiversity across the site. This is measured as the average number of floral species per metre squared. Additional credits can be gained by demonstrating an increase in the number of floral species per metre squared across the site. Frequently, this will require the planting of additional species, in compensation for the area lost to development. It may require the creation of an entirely new habitat. EMEC Ecology can provide advice on achievable ways of gaining these credits through a BREEAM and can offer suggestions as to appropriate seed mixes. EMEC Ecology can also give guidance as to the future management of the habitat in order to ensure it is maintained within the site. This may also result in additional credits as part of the BREEAM.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ecological Compensation and Enhancement Measures - EMEC Ecology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EMEC Ecology are able to offer advice on habitat creation, and Land Management\u00a0can carry out the practical conservation works on site.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/ecological-compensation-and-enhancement-measures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ecological Compensation and Enhancement Measures - 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