Case Study: Great Crested Newt Mitigation Works At A Leisure Park In Filey – North Yorkshire Client: Bourne Leisure Bourne Leisure were looking to extend their leisure park at Primrose Valley, Filey in North Yorkshire which has a nationally significant number of great crested newts on site. Newly constructed pond Earthworks As part of the mitigation works, JPR have enhanced the natural mitigation area. Extensive scrub clearance was necessary to return areas to grassland management. Existing, over-crowded ponds clogged with vegetation and silt were dredged and opened up. Two new ponds of around 200 square metres each were created on site. Drift fencing was installed so that the ecologists, Tyler Grange, could carry out the translocation of the great crested newts in order for the developmen

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