Ecological Impact Assessment

Clear Ecology has significant experience in surveying and assessing the ecological impacts of sites across the UK. Clear Ecology frequently undertakes assessment of ecological impacts at the following stages:

in scoping - a broad assessment is needed which forms the basis for selecting those valued ecological resources to be subject to detailed assessment due to likely significant impacts;
during the evolution of the project, in order to identify the need for impact avoidance and mitigation and opportunities for enhancement;

after the mitigation strategies have been fully devised and their likely success considered, the residual impacts are assessed; and
finally, if significant negative impacts are still likely, it may be necessary to consider the need for and value of ecological compensation. The positive impacts of such compensation proposals should be properly assessed.