Bexhill - Hastings Link Road
 

 

The proposed Bexhill to Hastings Link Road would cut across the south edge of the High Weald and be close to the Combe Haven and Marline Valley Woods SSSIs. Grazing marsh, fen, species-rich hedgerows and species-rich neutral grassland would be affected by the scheme. ACTA prepared an ecological impact assessment and wrote the biodiversity section for the Environmental Statement.

Surveys included the following;
protected species - bats, Great Crested Newts, Dormice, Badgers
breeding and wintering birds
National Vegetation Classification
trees and hedgerows
aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates.

ACTA worked with engineers, hydrologists, landscape architects and air quality consultants to develop mitigation measures for the scheme and designing strategies to minimise its impact on protected species.

Other ecological impact assessments:
Kemnal Manor
Victoria Works

 


 
 
Habitat creation offered significant potential gains for some bird species of conservation concern such as Reed Bunting


  
One of the impacts is the severance of networks of species-rich hedges typical of the High Weald
 
The area has a remarkably large population of Badgers and a range of mitigation measures were necessary

  
Bat roosts were identified, together with the patterns of bat movement between the higher ground and feeding areas on the floodplain
The road would have an impact on the floodplain of the Combe Haven Valley, but there would also be opportunities for habitat creation and compensation
 

 
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