Proposed Brine Extraction and Gas Storage Facility, Warmingham and Middlewich
 Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) of a proposed extension to an existing gas processing facility and ancillary development and the conversion of ten brine cavities to store natural gas, near Warmingham, Cheshire on a 83 hectare site.  Surveys required as part of the EcIA process included detailed surveys for bats, Water Voles and Otters and survey of 41 ponds for Great Crested Newts.  An Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey and protected species habitat assessment was completed of the entire scheme.  Further to this project receiving planning permission, pre-construction surveys were completed, including for bats, Water Vole and Badger.  Great Crested Newt surveys of twenty-six ponds were completed to provide information for Natural England Great Crested Newt 'development' licence applications.  Three such licenses successfully applied for to date, with associated translocation programmes completed between 2009 and 2011.  Ongoing involvement with licenses; project due for completion in 2016.