Subject: RE: Considering trees as used for navigation and foraging by bats
- What must be considered!!!> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:58:25 +0000> From:
Nick.Burke2@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk> To: uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info> > Cheers
Chris but is the link to the article missing or is it the link at the
bottom?> > Nick Burke> Planning Officer - Arboriculture> Environmental
Planning, > Development Services> Sheffield City Council, > Howden House> 1
Union Street, > Sheffield, > S1 2SH> T: 0114 2734198> F: 0114 2735002>
nick.burke2@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk> > > -----Original Message-----> From: chris
jackson [mailto:jacksonsarb@xxxxxxxx.com]> Sent: 26 February 2008 13:53>
To: UK Tree Care> Subject: FW: Considering trees as used for navigation and
foraging by> bats - What must be considered!!!> > > > > > > Hi All> > As
you all know when inspecting, specifying work or carrying out tree work you
MUST take into consideration bat potential> > really interesting article
(click here) on habitat protection for bats. personally I love the idea of
this, and the law is clear - under the habitats regs it is an offence to
disturb bats - the place is not specified!! Which means that should a bats
habitat be significantly affected (i.e could affect thier ability to
survive, breed, rear young) a derogation (EPS) licence should be applied
for.> > The Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission
(EDGEC) advises that Article 12.1 of the Habitats Regs should be understood
as 'aiming to safeguard the ecological functionality of breeding sites and
resting places' i.e. if bats can no longer forage locally or readily
commute to other suitable foraging areas, then the colony/roost is at
risk.> > Natural Englands guidance note on EPS 2007 also backs this up - a
licence is suggested where danmage to the habitat of an EPS occurs.> > Also
PPS 9 recommends that where 'significant harm cannot be prevented,
adequately mitigated against, orcompensated for, then planning permission
should be refused' such a case might be the loss of the only commuting
route linking feeding habitat to roost.> Worth thinking about by anybody
surveying or working on trees.... There is further info at
www.batsandtrees.com - sign up for further info and news alerts Chris>
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