Phil Collins Associates

We offer specialist advice on wildlife and ecology to a range of clients.  

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As a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a chartered Landscape Architect, and building conservation specialist Phil Collins leads our multidisciplinary approach to environmental  projects.

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We are happy to work as part of larger  multi-disciplinary teams led by other organisations

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We adhere and promote the professional standards of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) and of the Landscape Institute.

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Project development and funding

We help develop, secure funding and manage environmental projects for a range of clients from the charitable and public sectors.

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• feasibility studies

• bid preparation

• funding raising

• community engagement

• project management

• evaluation

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Habitat surveys

• initial walk over surveys

• scoping

• extended Phase 1 surveys

• hedgerow regulation surveys

• river habitat surveys

• river corridor surveys

• estuarine and coastal surveys

• woodland surveys

 

Botanical surveys

• NVC

• Invasive species

• tree surveys

 

Protected species

• surveys

• mitigation design

• licence applications

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Preliminary ecological appraisals (pEA)

• desk studies

• site surveys

• impact assessment

• options appraisal

• mitigation

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Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA)​

• scoping

• desk and site surveys to establish the baseline

• ecological valuation

• impact assessment

• design of mitigation, compensation and enhancement

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Habitat management and restoration 

• baseline surveys

• design and implementation

• management plans

• monitoring

 

Ecological design

• habitat creation

• wetland and pond design

• woodland design

• contract specification and management