Case studies
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Barn Conversion, Macclesfield (original case study requiring update)
Refurbishment project for disused barn hosting roosts for several species, including Natterer's bat, common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle and brown long-eared bat.
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Barn in Chester (original case study requiring update)
Conversion of barn (formerly a storage area for a farm) to residential dwelling. This involved removing day roosts for common pipistrelle and brown long-eared bat. A bat barn was provided as compensation.
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Bat Tower at Ravenglass Railway. Cumbria (original case study requiring update)
A new 'bat tower' was constructed at Dalegarth Station, Eskdale Valley, Cumbria. This replaced an old station building, which was in a poor condition and obsolete. The old station building was scheduled for demolition to make space for the creation of a disabled access ramp to the platform.
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Beechwood Bat Hibernacula (original case study requiring update)
Development of care bungalows at a disused site of a former social club. After lesser horseshoe bats were identified using the abandoned social club, compensation measures were integrated into the new care buildings.
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Brick Kiln Bat Hibernaculum (original case study requiring update)
Redevelopment of the derelict Bispham Hall Brickworks site to housing.
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Conversion of redundant barn in Carmarthenshire
Prior to the conversion of a redundant barn into an office / workshop, bat surveys recorded low numbers of common pipistrelle bats emerge from the roof. A EPS licence was therefore obtained for removing the roosts but incorporating similar features into the renovated building. Post-development monitoring surveys recorded a common pipistrelle maternity colony using the new provisions.