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Wild Frontier Ecology WILD FRONTIER ECOLOGY Broadland Gate Police Station Ecology Report w June 2019 Broadland Gate Police Station Report produced by Submitted to Produced by: Adam Stickler BSc MSc Checked by: Robert Yaxley BSc CEcol CEnv MCIEEM Approved by: Updated by: Adam Stickler BSc MSc Checked by: Robert Yaxley BSc CEcol CEnv Chaplin Farrant MCIEEM Approved by: 51 Yarmouth Road Norwich Norfolk NR7 0ET Contact: Stuart Deacon Tel: 01603 700000 [email protected] Wild Frontier Ecology Ltd. Unit 2, Cold Blow Farm Great Snoring, Fakenham Norfolk NR21 0HF Tel: 01328 864633 [email protected] © All rights reserved, Wild Frontier Ecology Ltd 2019. No part of this document to be copied or re-used without the permission of the copyright holder. Company Registered in England and Wales No 4942219. VAT Reg No. 887 4692 54 Registered Office - Saxon House, Hellesdon Park Road, Drayton High Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Director Robert Yaxley BSc (Hons) CEcol CEnv MCIEEM. The data which we have prepared and provided are accurate, and have been prepared and provided in accordance with the CIEEM’s Code of Professional Conduct. We confirm that any opinions expressed are our best and professional bona fide opinions. This report conforms to the British Standard 42020:2013 Biodiversity – Code of practice for planning and development. Ecology Report 2 Broadland Gate Police Station Contents 1. Non Technical Summary ................................................................................................................. 4 2. Background ..................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Relevant Legislation and Policy ....................................................................................................... 7 4. Methods ........................................................................................................................................ 11 5. Results ........................................................................................................................................... 14 6. Impact Assessment ....................................................................................................................... 22 7. Mitigation ...................................................................................................................................... 27 8. Enhancements .............................................................................................................................. 30 9. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 31 10. Photographs ............................................................................................................................. 32 Ecology Report 3 Broadland Gate Police Station 1. Non Technical Summary Wild Frontier Ecology Ltd. (WFE) was commissioned to undertake a protected species survey of land at Broadland Gate, Norfolk. The proposal is for a new police station. A site survey was undertaken on 15th January 2019 by Adam Stickler BSc MSc and Robert Yaxley BSc CEcol CEnv MCIEEM. The site is an arable field, with a mix of species poor and species rich hedgerow margins with standard trees to the east and west. The site lies approximately 815 metres from the Whitlingham Marsh, Whitlingham Local Nature Reserve and there are three County Wildlife Sites between 815 metres and 1.8 kilometres from the site. Given the distance these sites are away from the project area and the main A47 Yarmouth Road runs between them and the site, no likely significant effect to these sites is identified. Species rich hedgerows on the proposed development site are of moderate ecological value. Without mitigation, there is expected to be a short-term, minor negative impact to the local resource. Mitigation is advised to address this impact in the medium and long term. Great crested newts and reptiles are considered unlikely to occur on site based on previous surveys conducted on and near the site and the lack of any route for dispersal onto the site. There are no buildings on site. Three trees have some potential bat roost features and these are classified as being of moderate potential for roosting bats. One of the trees onsite, which would be lost to the scheme, holds moderate roost potential. Two bat roost activity surveys of this tree (23/05/19 and 13/06/19) observed no bats emergences. The trees and hedgerows also provide good habitat for breeding birds. Any impact to bird and bat species would be expected to have no more than minor negative effects, but nevertheless will be avoided to prevent a legal offence. Mitigation is proposed. Minor negative impacts to other terrestrial species are conceivable. Best practice mitigation measures are proposed. Enhancements have been advised to ensure biodiversity net gain in line with the National Planning Policy Framework. Ecology Report 4 Broadland Gate Police Station 2. Background Wild Frontier Ecology Ltd. (WFE) was commissioned by Chapin Farrant to undertake a protected species survey of an area of land at Broadland Gate, Postwick, Norfolk (TG 2889, 0876) as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The proposal is to build a new police station. Access will be via the existing unnamed road (not shown on current OS mapping) which runs between Poppy Way (also not shown on current OS mapping) and the A1042 and A1194 roundabout to the south-west. Backup site access will be directly from Broadland Way to the west. Figure 1. Site Location Ecology Report 5 Broadland Gate Police Station Figure 2. Proposed site plan (as supplied by Chaplin Farrant), the road to the south-east of the site and the balancing pond to the north already exists Ecology Report 6 Broadland Gate Police Station 3. Relevant Legislation and Policy 3.1 Statutory and Non-statutory Site Designations 3.1.1 International (European) Site Designations The European Council Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (92/43/EEC) as amended directs the designation of important wildlife sites through the European Community as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), and gives statutory protection to habitats and species listed in the Directive as being threatened or of community interest. Sites identified as candidate SAC (cSAC) are provided with the same level of protection as SAC. Annex I of 92/43/EEC as amended lists habitat types which are regarded as being of European importance. Included within these are a number of ‘priority habitat types’ which are habitats regarded as being in danger of disappearance and whose natural range falls broadly within the European Union. This European law had been transposed into UK legislation by The Conservation (Natural Habitats) &c Regulations 1994, now replaced by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017. Habitats of European-wide importance for birds are listed under the EC Wild Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) as amended. Habitats designated under this Directive are notified as Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and are identified for holding populations > 1% of the reference population as defined in Appendix 4 of the SPA review of bird species listed in Annex 1 of the same Council Directive. Sites identified as potential SPA (pSPA) are provided with the same level of protection as SPA. Wetlands of International Importance are designated under the Ramsar Convention. 3.1.2 National (UK) Site Designations National ecological designations, such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs) are also afforded statutory protection. SSSIs are notified and protected under the jurisdiction of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA 1981) as amended. SSSIs are notified based on specific criteria, including the general condition and rarity of the site and of the species or habitats supported by it. 3.1.3 Non-Statutory County Site Designations Local authorities may designate certain areas as being of local conservation interest. The criteria for inclusion may vary between areas. Most individual counties have a similar scheme, within Norfolk such sites are designated as County Wildlife Sites (CWS). Designation of such sites does not itself confer statutory protection, but they are a material consideration when planning applications are being determined. 3.2 Species Designation and Protection 3.2.1 Bats All bat species are listed under Annex IV (and certain species also under Annex II) of the European Union’s Council Directive 92/43/EEC (The Habitats Directive), and are given UK protected status by Schedule 2 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017. Bats and their roosts also receive protection from disturbance from by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000). This protection extends to both the species and roost sites. It is an offence to kill, injure, capture, possess or otherwise disturb bats. Bat roosts are Ecology Report 7 Broadland Gate Police Station protected at all times of the year (making it an offence to damage, destroy or obstruct access to bat roosts), regardless of whether bats are present at the time. 3.2.2 Badgers The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 makes it unlawful to knowingly kill, capture, disturb or injure an individual badger Meles meles, or to intentionally damage, destroy or obstruct an area used for breeding, resting or sheltering by badgers (i.e. a sett). 3.2.3 Riparian
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