Habitat Restoration and Monitoring

Following the Environmental Survey to produce an accurate baseline for the Environmental Assessment, development proposals may impact on the environment with the result that habitat reinstatement or restoration is necessary.

Ecologically important habitat will be identifed, and although its loss should be avoided where possible, sometimes is is unavoidable. In these situations vegetation and fauna can be moved.

Following development, some areas can be reinstated using previously removed and stored vegetation, other areas cannot be reinstated, and important flora and fauna may be relocated to a different area.