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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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Angling Lake Marginal Planting

Stoke City Council and Queen’s Park Trust Queens Park is an urban parkland situated in the heart of Shalford, Stoke-on-Trent.  A key feature of the parkland is its [...]

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Great Crested Newt Mitigation for Landfill Site

Sahara Landfill/Nicholas Pearson Associates Sahara Landfill, a large former sand quarry which had reached its production capacity, was granted consent for use as a landfill.    Keystone Habitats [...]

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Great Crested Newt Mitigation for Quarry Extension

Cemex Keystone Habitats were appointed by Cemex to deliver a European Protected Species licensed mitigation strategy for Great Crested Newts at a proposed extension to Wickwar Quarry, South [...]

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Ecological Mitigation for Quarry Restoration

Taylor Wimpey Keystone Habitats were appointed by Taylor Wimpey to address protected species constraints prior to and during re-profiling work to restore the 72ha former Chinnor Cement Works [...]

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Ditch and Heathland Restoration

Woking Borough Council What Did We Do? Keystone was engaged to design a strategy for restoring the ditch and surrounding habitat that would not damage the existing heathland [...]

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Also posted in Case Studies, Forestry and Rural | Comments closed
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Vegetation Clearance and Herptile Fencing

Mouchel Keystone Habitats were commissioned to undertake the vegetation clearance and installation of herptile  fencing and capture apparatus to create a working footprint for two phases of the widening of [...]

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Protected Species Mitigation for Brownfield Development

Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey Since 2002 Keystone Habitats have been responsible for the delivery of all protected species mitigation and habitat clearance at Repton Park, a high profile [...]

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Also posted in Case Studies, Residential and Commercial Development | Comments closed
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Lake Construction

Private Landowner The lake was constructed on a ‘cut & fill’ principle with the excavated soils used to create a large bunded section on the lake’s southern embankment. [...]

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Also posted in Case Studies, Forestry and Rural | Comments closed
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Newt and Stock Fencing

Wessex Water As a preferred supplier to Wessex Water, Keystone Habitats were appointed to install 4km of newt exclusion and stock fencing on arable land earmarked for a pipeline upgrade. [...]

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