Bat Surveys and Assessments

...to ensure compliance with relevant legislation. Emergence / Re-entry Surveys Bat roost surveys are normally carried out before any demolition works commence. The aim of the survey is to determine...

Heritage Research and Management

...conservation techniques Review of Neighbourhood Plans Strategic planning advice and peer review of documents (including heritage specific policy documents, site appraisals and appraisals of Special Development Locations Expert witness Heritage...

Arboriculture and Forestry

Arboriculture Consultancy Crestwood provides arboricultural consultancy expertise to a variety of clients using professional arboriculturists. Arboricultural work for developers is undertaken primarily following the requirements of BS5837, to assist clients...

eDNA

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is the DNA released into the environment (e.g. a pond) by an organism. For example, when a fish moves through a body of water, it constantly sheds...

Waste Management

...Facilities and Scrap Yards Mines, Quarries and Coal Works Our core waste management services are: Waste Site Assessments Compliance Assessments Project Risk and Feasibility Reviews Waste Site Investigations and Contaminated...

Great Crested Newt Surveys

...A visual assessment of ponds at and within 500m of a site to determine the likely presence of Great Crested Newt, using industry standard guidelines for HSI. This is often...

Augmented Reality Application

...by attaching a virtual 3D model to the plan, allowing it to be explored using the tablet’s camera and screen. Even more impressively, the technology can be used to visualise...

Other Surveys / Site Work

...undertaken using the Modular Analysis of Vegetation Information System (‘MAVIS’) to analyse habitat communities, in line with standard guidance. b) Hedgerow Surveys A full and detailed Hedgerow Survey is undertaken...

Ecology Assessment and Reports

...appropriate mitigation, compensation and enhancement measures. c) Development Licence Applications Crestwood regularly produces licence applications for species such as badger and roman snail, to allow a development to commence lawfully....

Water and Wastewater

...its 3D design capabilities in association with it’s landscape and ecological expertise to design water features, bodies and courses using accurate real-world co- ordinates and levels to allow accurate calculations...