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Ecology Surveys for Commercial Wind Farms

REG Windpower Keystone Ecology’s renewables team have been instructed to carry out full baseline ecology surveys for 2 commercial wind farms in the south-west of England. The […]

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Ecology Surveys for Hydropower Scheme

RiverPower In support of a planning application for a hydropower scheme in Bedfordshire Keystone Ecology carried out a combined Phase I Habitat Survey, Fish Assessment and Arboricultural Survey. […]

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Re-development of Former Cement Works

Taylor Wimpey Keystone Ecology were initially asked by Taylor Wimpey to carry out due diligence surveys of this 72ha of the former Chinnor Cement Works in Oxfordshire. […]

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Ecology Surveys and Mitigation for Brownfield Regeneration

Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey For this high profile 48ha mixed-use brownfield development in Ashford, Kent Keystone Ecology were commissioned to resolve all ecological issues commencing with Phase II […]

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Rail Contractor Briefing for Reptiles

VolkerRail During routine inspections of cables lying within concrete troughing to the side of a section of active railway track in Bognor small numbers of Slow Worms were […]

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Ecology Surveys for Water Support Main

Three Valleys Water Keystone were commissioned to undertake Badger, Great Crested Newt and reptile surveys of the proposed alignment of a 3.4km support main. Ecologists carried out Great […]

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Great Crested Newt Mitigation for School Regeneration

Swindon Borough Council Great Crested newts were found in four ponds surrounding a proposed new school complex, therefore, a European Protected Species Licence Application was obtained to permit […]

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Ecology Surveys for School Regeneration

Swindon Borough Council Keystone Ecology carried out a Phase I Habitat Survey and protected species surveys for Great Crested Newts, bats and reptile on this proposed new school […]

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Biodiversity Action Plan – Longcliffe Quarry

Longcliffe Ltd Recognising the potential to create new habitats from previously worked land Longcliffe Ltd. approached Keystone to carry out an ecological audit of all land in their […]

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Ecological Risk Assessments – M23 Collision Zone

InterRoute Keystone ecologists carried out Ecological Risk Assessments of four stretches of motorway verge where tree felling within collision zones was proposed. Our brief was to identify constraints […]

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