UK planning laws have to consider other species, and usually a survey is done before planning permission is granted. This so far, applies to protected species only. But there has been many a bat who has had a property developer pulling his hair out!
However, as sometimes can happen, skullduggery goes on. Peoples' palms are greased, and social status ('funny' handshakes??) relatives or buddies on the parish council, local investors, especially farmers who own huge tracts of land....etc can work wonders in the developers' favour.
Illegal re-location and occasionally -worse -of certain animals can also happen, done secretly of course before the survey.
Some skullduggery goes on in my area.
But the most unexpected and tinest creatures can be protected species, so anyone dishonest really has to do their homework, and get out into the wild which is asking a lot of these money-men.
However, as sometimes can happen, skullduggery goes on. Peoples' palms are greased, and social status ('funny' handshakes??) relatives or buddies on the parish council, local investors, especially farmers who own huge tracts of land....etc can work wonders in the developers' favour.
Illegal re-location and occasionally -worse -of certain animals can also happen, done secretly of course before the survey.
Some skullduggery goes on in my area.
But the most unexpected and tinest creatures can be protected species, so anyone dishonest really has to do their homework, and get out into the wild which is asking a lot of these money-men.
