Ecology Service
At TEP we understand the importance of ecosystems and the services they provide to society. Through surveying and understanding individual ecological systems, we can identify the potential ecological constraints to a development and seek realistic, cost-effective solutions to benefit both our clients and biodiversity. We provide advice on how constraints can be mitigated, or even made into a valuable feature, and, with our design teams, produce detailed drawings to illustrate this. We recognise the unique nature of each site and ensure our approach reflects this.
We work on a full range of developments from housing, commercial and industrial schemes to major infrastructure projects. Often this requires us to present surveys, assessments and mitigation schemes to regulators and at public inquiries and hearings.
Our 30 in-house ecologists are all members of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) and adhere to IEEMs strict guidelines both in their technical work and their professional conduct. We offer high quality habitat assessments for all stages of a development proposal and we are licensed by Natural England and Natural Resources Wales to undertake terrestrial and freshwater protected species surveys for all the regularly encountered species such as great crested newts, bats, otter, dormice, badgers, water voles and birds.
Our ecology team is supported by a network of professional sub-consultants, also IEEM members, who provide detailed habitat and botanical survey and habitat enhancement, creation, restoration and management skills.