A Masterplan document prepared by CSA to guide the development of 1,920 new homes in Melton Mowbray was […]
Our clients in the southern home counties may have noted that August saw the first revision to Natural […]
Good to hear from Tony Juniper at Natural England and others today on the launch of the Biodiversity […]
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is widely described as ‘development which leaves biodiversity in a better state than before’. […]
Natural England continue to roll out a programme of introduced charges for protected species mitigation licences. Charges for […]
CSA’s urban design, landscape and ecology teams were appointed by Gladman Developments Ltd to prepare masterplan proposals for […]
An appeal by Gladman Developments for up to 300 (or 265) dwellings at Bocking, was allowed this week […]
When done well, ecological impact assessment is an iterative process, with expert advice and evidence being fed into […]
In creating masterplans and landscape schemes for new developments, one of our key objectives has always been to […]
The Secretary of State has upheld the Inspector’s recommendation to allow planning permission for residential development of up […]
As of 01 April 2020, Natural England (NE) approved NatureSpace led District Level Licencing (DLL) schemes for Great […]
Outline planning consent has been granted by Arun District Council for a site at Angmering in West Sussex, […]
District Level Licencing (DLL) is an alternative approach to traditional Great Crested Newt (GCN) licencing and mitigation, which […]
CSA Environmental were commissioned by Fisher German in February 2019 to assist their client with a full planning […]
A resolution to grant outline planning consent has been granted for a site at Lifton in Devon, for […]
Birmingham Green Heart project has been completed this year! CSA has been guiding the delivery of biodiversity features […]
This summer has seen several key changes in the way ecology is considered alongside development, particularly in relation […]
With over a year having passed since the CJEU’s widely publicised ruling, we are continuing to see its […]
STOP PRESS: Charges Extended … Following Natural England’s introduction of charges for dormouse and bat mitigation licences in April, […]
Anglia Adventures have secured detailed planning permission for an exciting outdoor leisure facility on the banks of the […]
The idea of biodiversity net gains has long been in the minds of developers and environmental professionals alike […]
Outline planning permission has been granted by Central Bedfordshire Planning Committee for up to 90 new homes in […]
CSA Environmental have been working closely with Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd. to design and deliver new residential development […]
CSA were instrumental in discharging ecological planning conditions for the former Sutherland School Site in Trench. Our ecologists […]
Two key aspects of ecological safeguarding in UK planning and development, the protection of European Protected Species (EPS) […]
Members of Harrogate Planning Committee resolved to approve outline planning permission for up to 175 dwelling at Knaresborough […]
Outline planning permission has been granted by Preston City Council for 135 new homes, including new footpath links […]
The Members of the East Cambridgeshire District Council Planning Committee unanimously resolved to grant outline planning permission for […]
Today saw the release of a new technical consultation on updates to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) […]
Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) has been high on the agenda this year, with some important rulings from the […]
Working for a private client, CSA completed a suite of bat surveys at the site last year to […]
Since the governments’ Housing White Paper ‘Fixing our Broken Housing Market,’ published in February 2017, the roll-out of […]
Chapter 15 of the Draft Revised NPPF published at the start of March 2018, introduces some changes for […]
This week, committee members at Surrey Heath Borough Council voted in favour of a resolution to grant planning […]
CSA Environmental has been part of a multidisciplinary team looking at a Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS) in the village of […]
CSA were instructed on behalf of Kier Living to provide landscape and ecology services in preparation of a […]
Ancient Woodland Standing Advice Updated on 4 January 2018 Following the updated Standing Advice published in November 2017, […]
The ‘State of the UK’s Birds 2017’ report has just been published and continues to show some worrying trends […]
Braintree District Council’s Planning Committee has resolved to grant outline planning consent for up to 205 new dwellings […]
Landscape Designers and Ecologists at CSA have combined to formulate proposals for Legacy Park which will form the […]
Harborough District Council’s (‘HDC’) Planning Committee has resolved to grant outline planning consent for up to 50 new […]
Biodiversity offsetting was trumpeted by the Government with some fanfare a few years ago, but more recently things […]
In recent weeks, two key planning applications have received consent at the Chilton Leys site in Stowmarket, Suffolk. […]
Our ecologists have completed monitoring work at Butlers Green, Haywards Heath – a site developed by Taylor Wimpey for […]
Verde SW1 is a state-of-the-art, office-led redevelopment in the heart of the West End. Now complete, the building […]
The Birmingham Green Heart Project is a striking new 12 acre parkland in the centre of the University […]
The Government has just published their housing white paper ‘Fixing our broken housing market’, which sets out their plans […]
Acting on behalf of Taylor Wimpey East Anglia, CSA Environmental are pleased to have received the first certificate […]
Natural England are changing the way that they issue licences for species such as water voles, great crested […]
Natural England have recently confirmed that during 2016 (up until early December), they have registered 538 individual sites across […]
Hallam Land Management has just been granted, on appeal, outline consent for a mixed use development in Wymondham, […]
Energy saving building insulation works were put on hold when the potential for bats to be affected was […]
We are approaching the end of another busy great crested newt (GCN) survey season. Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis […]
An exciting new development of 535 dwelling at Southam in Warwickshire has received a resolution to grant outline […]
Planning consent has been granted for the development of 24 dwellings, associated landscaping and public open space at Fishbourne, […]
As part of CSA’s on-going involvement in the phased redevelopment of land at Shorncliffe Garrison, Folkestone, our ecologists […]
Is there such a thing as a quiet winter for Ecologist’s these days? With licence applications and planning […]
Natural England and Woking Borough Council are working together to deliver a new approach to great crested newt […]
CSA’s urban design, landscape and ecology teams have assisted their client, Hallam Land Management, in the preparation of […]
Wow, what a pleasure to work in Wales! Acting on behalf of The Caravan Club, we were delighted […]
The Law Commission have just published their final report and have recommended that the current patchwork of wildlife […]
Natural England’s initiative to help speed up bat licences for specific low impact situations is gaining momentum. A […]
Working for Lend Lease, one of the world’s leading property and infrastructure companies, CSA have completed ecological inputs […]
In 2014, Taylor Wimpey South East submitted a hybrid application for the redevelopment of land at Shorncliffe Garrison, Folkestone, […]