My site requires a European Protected Species (EPS) Licence. What does this entail?
An EPS licence application must be prepared by a qualified and appropriately licensed ecologist and include a Method Statement, within which mitigation and enhancement measures must be provided, as well as a monitoring and ecological clerk of works programme. A Reasoned Statement and a Local Authority Consultation document are also required indicating the reasons for the development. Work must be scheduled for the time of year that will cause least disturbance to the relevant species. An application takes between eight and nine weeks to be processed by the relevant authority if there are no queries and the application is accepted. An adequate level of surveying is required in order to ascertain population size and class and the species present. Mitigation and enhancement is species specific. Insufficient data and lack of appropriate enhancement and mitigation can lead to the rejection of EPS licence applications.
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