Avian Ecology recently supported JBM Solar Projects at Public Inquiry for the Copse Lodge Solar Farm, near Greatworth in Northamptonshire. In his decision notice, the Inspector acknowledged the very substantial benefit to biodiversity benefits the project will deliver, affording it substantial weight in his final decision to award planning permission. Avian company Director Howard Fearn [...]
With the advent of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), the creation of wildlife habitat has become an attractive commercial opportunity. We will see more and more ‘habitat banks’ which create ‘units’ for sale to developers, enabling them to achieve the now mandatory 10% habitat gain. Of course, this will mostly lead to (very welcome) increases in [...]
The Avian Ecology team is delighted to hear that the Glendye Wind Farm was recently awarded planning permission, following appeal. Increasing onshore wind energy capacity whilst also protecting and supporting the recovery of scarce raptor species has long been acknowledged as a conservation challenge. However, as the recent planning permission awarded to Coriolis Energy for [...]
