Introduction
- Project description
- Former stable to be demolished and replaced with a new replacement stable block. Bat boxes and bat barn used as compensation for the removal of Pipistrellus sp day roosts.
- Ecologist’s name and contact details
- Ecology Services UK Ltd
- Planning authority
- Vale Royal Borough Council
- Brief site description
- Former stable block within large, mature, private garden and parkland estate. Landscape features included pasture, mature broadleaved trees, ponds and broadleaved woodland.
Pre-works roost structure
- Type of structure
- Building
- Use
- Agricultural Building
- Condition
- Not In Use
- Approx. age
- 30 years
- Main construction material of walls
- Brick
- Roof design
- Pitched Roof
- Roof material
- Slate
- Internal roof structure
- Timber Frame
Pre-works roost description
- Species
- Common pipistrelle
- Number of bats max count
- 4
- Type of roost
- Day Roost
- Evidence of bats
- Droppings Visual
- Roost location
- Behind Wooden Cladding
- Aspect of roost
- W
- Height of roost entrance (m)
- 2.5
- Roost material(s)
-
- brickwork
- Timber
- Nearest commuting feature
- Hedge
- Distance to nearest commuting feature (m)
- Not reported
Proposed works
- Description of works
- Former stable to be demolished and replaced with a new replacement stable block.
- Type of impact upon the roost
- Long-Term Roost Modification and Roost Loss
Proposed mitigations
- Type of mitigation
- Compensation
- Specific technical detail of measure
- 6 x bespoke bat boxes and separate timber stable outbuilding.
Size: Box height: 800mm Box; width: 450mm; Box depth (back to front): 150mm; width of crevices 20mm.
New stable approx 30m x 10m
Materials: Boxes = marine plywood, new stable = European oak boards.
- Roost location
- Bat Box
- Aspect of roost
- S
- Height of roost entrance (m)
- Not reported
- Roost material(s)
-
- Timber
- Nearest commuting feature
- Hedge
- Distance to nearest commuting feature (m)
- Not reported
Actual mitigations implemented
- Type of mitigation
- Compensation
- Specific technical detail of measure
- 6 x bespoke bat boxes and separate timber stable outbuilding.
Size: Box height: 800mm Box; width: 450mm; Box depth (back to front): 150mm; width of crevices 20mm.
New stable approx 30m x 10m
Materials: Boxes = marine plywood, new stable = European oak boards.
- Roost location
- Under Fascia Boards
- Aspect of roost
- N
- Height of roost entrance (m)
- Not reported
- Roost material(s)
-
- Wooden Boarding
- Nearest commuting feature
- Hedge
- Distance to nearest commuting feature (m)
- Not reported
Monitoring data
- Length of monitoring proposed
- Not reported
- Frequency of monitoring
- Not reported
- Type of monitoring
- Roost Inspection
- Date and time
- 4th July 2011
- Evidence recorded
- Bats and bat droppings found during and after the development. Maximum of 8 pipistrelles found at any one time in the group of 6 bat houses. Bats occupying the bat houses in all seasons of the year. All bat houses used at some time during the monitoring. Bat droppings found on the outside of the new stable.
- Interventions made
- None reported
