Table 1: Examples to illustrate the compliance audit required for different development types Scale of proposal Scale of Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Examples2 risk1 Licence Internal External audit, report audit and internal audit form licence and licence only report form report form Small & medium Low Bats: e.g. single building, Alterations to, or conversion of a building used as powerline bat roost (non-breeding roost of a more common maintenance, small species see list3). – housing development GCN: House extension where GCN in garden pond Small scale loss or temporary loss of habitat e.g. site investigation works such as soil tests/geology boreholes Temporary (within one season) removal of a single short section of hedge Dormouse: Small scale loss or temporary loss of habitat e.g. routine maintenance under powerlines Temporary (within one season) removal of a single short section of hedge (less than 12m) Otter: Loss of resting place i.e. holt (non breeding)
Table 1: Examples to illustrate the compliance audit required for different development types Scale of proposal Scale of risk1 Tier 1 Licence report form only Tier 2 Internal audit and licence report form Tier 3 External audit, internal audit and licence report form Examples2 Small & medium e.g. single building, powerline maintenance, small housing development Low Bats: Alterations to, or conversion of a building used as bat roost (non-breeding roost of a more common species – see list3). GCN: House extension where GCN in garden pond Small scale loss or temporary loss of habitat e.g. site investigation works such as soil tests/geology boreholes Temporary (within one season) removal of a single short section of hedge Dormouse: Small scale loss or temporary loss of habitat e.g. routine maintenance under powerlines Temporary (within one season) removal of a single short section of hedge (less than 12m) Otter: Loss of resting place i.e. holt (non breeding)
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