Site: Land South-east of NNUH off Colney Lane, Norfolk Work Preliminary Ecological Item: Appraisal (2019) Client: Priscilla Bacon Norfolk Hospice Care Ltd Author: Dr GW Hopkins CEnv MCIEEM Date: 22 September 2019 Hopkins Ecology Ltd, St George’s Works, 51 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1DD T. 01603 435598 M: 07481 477103 E:
[email protected] W: www.hopkinsecology.co.uk CONTENTS SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. METHODS 3 3. DESIGNATED SITES 5 4. SITE DESCRIPTION 7 5. SCOPING FOR SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN 9 6. DISCUSSION 12 7. APPENDIX 1: PHOTOGRAPHS 16 8. APPENDIX 2: LEGISLATION SUMMARY 18 SUMMARY Hopkins Ecology Ltd was appointed by Code DP on behalf of Priscilla Bacon Norfolk Hospice Care Limited to prepare an ecological appraisal of a plot of Land South-east of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), off Colney Lane, for a proposed 24 bed end of life hospice with associated offices and car parking. The Site lies south of the internal boundary road of the NNUH, with an access route off this and through a young plantation, then cutting into an adjacent field where the main development Site extends to ~2.8ha. This report covers the proposed re-located site for the hospice, the boundaries of which are roughly 170m north-east of the location surveyed and assessed by Hopkins Ecology Ltd in 2018. As well as a Phase 1 habitat survey and species scoping, the assessment is further informed by a data search and survey work for the adjacent ‘Newfound Farm’ residential scheme, where an extensive suite of surveys were undertaken in 2010.