LAND & VEG ARCHIVE
2012
15 May 2012
If you need a bat survey we can deliver a cost effective service using night vision equipment that will give...
25 April 2012
ADAS is looking for sites to install single medium wind turbines on rural sites around Great Britain all at no...
25 April 2012
Mark Walkinton explains how trials set up by ADAS prove that tree growth can be significantly reduced by using a...
29 March 2012
Roy Dyer reviews the challenges associated with the ecological assessments of power lines.
20 February 2012
Chris Procter, Principal Consultant, explains the benefits of ADAS’s renewable business, REsolved Renewables.
10 February 2012
In line with the new National Tree Safety Group Guidelines, ADAS offers a balanced and cost effective tree risk management...
18 January 2012
ADAS offers a bespoke one-day Ecology Awareness training course, tailored to your company’s needs and delivered by one of our...
2011
12 December 2011
ADAS is involved in a collaborative project investigating the effectiveness of buffer strips at removing sediment and Phosphorus (P) across...
28 November 2011
ADAS assisted developers to gain planning permission for Fullabrook Wind Farm - the largest wind development in Devon, which...
21 November 2011
ADAS attended the National Infrastructure Show in order to showcase its expertise in ecology and vegetation surveying to a range...
22 August 2011
Simon Groves, Principal Consultant, reviews why landowners need to prepare for unpredictable water supplies and ensure farms are prepared for...
12 August 2011
ADAS ecologists are constantly keeping abreast of new technologies. The availability of trail cameras has proven invaluable and resulted...
18 July 2011
UK Power Networks needed to install a new underground 33kV electricity line near Thamesmead in London. They chose two potential...
15 July 2011
The Pesticides Forum has published its latest annual report ‘Pesticides in the UK – the 2010 report on the impacts...
07 June 2011
Even a mechanically perfect tree can be vulnerable to failure caused by extreme events. Any injury or damage caused is...
03 June 2011
ADAS has created a free downloadable educational poster as part of the World Environment Day (WED) celebrations to stimulate worldwide...
25 May 2011
Intensive nitrogen applications have been made to land from agriculture for the last 40 years. These loads have created water...
25 May 2011
A recent Supreme Court case has helped to clarify what is meant by the Habitats Directive “deliberate disturbance” offence. The...
18 April 2011
The presence of Badgers and reptiles along a route approved for a new guided busway in Bedfordshire gave ADAS the...
13 April 2011
James Clarke, Science and Business Development Manager, looks at Ramorum dieback and what it means for the UK.
13 April 2011
ADAS Plant Pathologist, Tim O'Neil explains how Red band needle blight is becoming an increasing problem.
29 March 2011
The deadline to have sufficent slurry stores in place in Welsh NVZ designated areas is the 1st January 2012. Gary...
21 March 2011
Non-native, invasive plant species such as Japanese Knotweed can often be found along stream banks, roadsides, railway embankments and brownfield...
01 March 2011
ADAS has recently joined the Rail Alliance to ensure the 'wrong type' of leaves are not on the lines again,...
18 February 2011
ADAS will be visiting electricity distribution network operators (DNO’s) to give them an update on farming, soils & drainage and...
17 February 2011
Some of the flooding that affected utility sites in 2000 & 2007 was pluvial in nature. Pluvial flooding is the...
07 February 2011
Two of the major topic areas in the Environment Strategy for Wales are adaptation to the impact climate change will...
21 January 2011
ADAS has helped Electricity North West to maximise the use of existing assets in “sensitive” locations using latest technology rather...
07 January 2011
ADAS Consultants assisted Clock Face Miners Recreation Club to upgrade existing sport pitches to Sport England standards. Specialist skills were...
2010
13 December 2010
ADAS provide a range of services to support British Waterways and their contractors under British Waterways’ National Dredging Contract, maintaining...
10 November 2010
In this article, Principal Consultant Jon Abbatt MRICS MICFor explains what ADAS can do to assist water companies manage these...
29 October 2010
ADAS has re-published the reference book 345 (flood flow calculation sections) and also made available the Technical Note on Workmanship...
08 September 2010
ADAS authors have published a paper in the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy. The referred paper investigates the implications of...
30 July 2010
Landowners often only allow contractors to cut tree growth back to the minimimum distance required by legislation; this results in...
24 June 2010
ADAS’ high Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) Verify scores make it one of the top seeds in the environmental sector...
14 June 2010
We have heard from politicians recently about the economy, immigration, defence and tax. However there has been very little discussion...
10 June 2010
A 150 year-old coach house turned into a luxury accommodation, leisure and conference complex has scooped a prestigious design award...
21 May 2010
The complexity of vegetation control has grown significantly in recent years. The days are over when management meant cutting down...
17 March 2010
Historically, managing vegetation was purely an operational issue. But as progressive legislative changes have come into act and momentum has...
02 March 2010
What is an acceptable level of localised environmental impact to support renewable energy planning applications? Ray Williams explains why...
24 February 2010
Ensuring our future food security is arguably the most pressing challenge facing mankind today. It is also one of the...
24 February 2010
Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues...
24 February 2010
Tension over land use is brought into sharp focus by the conflicting demands of food and energy security.To inform policy,...
03 February 2010
When A+ was launched a competition was set up for all new registrants. We are pleased to announce that the...
27 January 2010
New planning guidance means it is no longer simply a case of surveying for bat roost sites in buildings and...
21 January 2010
ADAS Environmental Consultants provide a range of services to support British Waterways and their contractors. Work has resulted in a...
07 January 2010
Traffic using the busy port of Heysham in Lancashire has to travel 16 miles along local roads to join the...
2009
25 November 2009
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires all Local Planning Authorities to prepare Local Development Frameworks to replace the...
24 November 2009
The Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act came into force in November 2000 and made provision for the right...
23 November 2009
Recently, obtaining planning consent has become more difficult due to the fact that planners are required by regulation to request...
15 October 2009
The ‘Trees in Towns II’ Report, researched and compiled by ADAS and Myerscough College, is the most comprehensive study of...
01 October 2009
Are you aware that unauthorised destruction of even a short length of hedgerow could result in a fine of £5,000...
01 October 2009
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 requires that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is...
01 October 2009
Legislation was introduced to protect trees and woodlands which make a significant impact on their local surroundings. It is particularly...
03 September 2009
Local authorities are under pressure from central government to provide sufficient space for housing to meet the country’s growing demand,...
01 September 2009
Scottish Power has recently appointed ADAS to deliver a three year vegetation management contract to improve the resilience of overhead...
21 July 2009
ADAS Environmental Consultants carried out contaminated land investigations of an allotment site to assess the environmental and human health risks...
21 July 2009
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 gave the general public the ‘right to roam’. But it also gave...
21 July 2009
ADAS Environmental Consultants developed a green infrastructure strategy for the Norwich and South Norfolk area, which was facing the prospect...
08 July 2009
Parham House is a stately home in West Sussex. It is owned by a charitable trust and is open to...
03 July 2009
The Fullabrook wind farm site is being prepared and construction of turbines is due to start in the autumn. ...
10 June 2009
ADAS consultants have completed an on-line and printed version of The Encyclopaedia of Arable Weeds. Jointly funded by HGCA and...
03 June 2009
ADAS GIS and software specialists have developed an on-line GIS tool to make the management plan for the North Wessex...
03 June 2009
With the 2012 Olympics just around the corner, the spotlight has been turned on the number, type and condition of...
28 May 2009
ADAS has been at the heart of the research which has guided the development of the Marine and Coastal Access...
01 May 2009
ADAS is currently undertaking the largest tree survey in Britain, having been appointed to the job by Network Rail.
30 April 2009
Corporate food businesses - retailers, manufacturers or suppliers - all need to demonstrate improved environmental performance to the increasing expectations...
06 April 2009
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land (Brownfield sites) has recently been included in the new list of UKBAP Priority...
02 March 2009
ADAS advice to EDF Energy on protection of wildlife within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Beauty in Kent meant...
27 February 2009
Recent changes to the protection measures for wildlife and their habitats will have an impact on the way that utility...