Response 3623065

Response to request for information

Reference

3623065

Response date

21 January 2025

Request

How does the local authority access ecological expertise? Is it through:

1. in-house ecological staff within the local authority,
2. through a Service Level Agreement/shared resource with another local authority,
3. through a Service Level Agreement with another body e.g. Wildlife Trust,
4. through other external expertise e.g. consultants,
5. no access to ecological expertise?

If it is a mixture of the above, could you please specify what the arrangements are.

I am specifically looking for how the authority accesses staff/resources for implementing, delivering, monitoring and reporting on biodiversity net gain and other natural environment functions.

Response

1. in-house ecological staff within the local authority