As ecological consultants, we often work within the framework of the planning system. This course will help you to understand how the planning system works, how you can work better within it to help your clients, and how you can ensure that your ecological survey reports contribute to the planning process.

Course outline: This course will be taught by an experienced ecologist from Ecology Training UK who also has experience of working in planning departments. The course is aimed at ecological consultants who want to gain a better understanding of the planning system.

This online course is a pre-recorded webinar on video. Playing time 3 hours 38 mins.

It will cover the following topics:

Here’s what our students are saying:

I learnt a lot from it and felt I no longer have a ‘gap’ in my knowledge when it comes to planning.

Alex

It was easy to understand and not dry, which was great given the subject of the course.

Alex

This course was really interesting thank you!

Georgia

Sue searl was very knowledgeable and accommodating

Marley

The material was concise and easy to understand; I loved the flexibility and ability to get the qualifications done at your own pace; and Sue was brilliant!

Deren

Flexibility and easy to follow layout.

Michael

Flexibility and easy to follow layout.

Michael

A career change in your 40’s its quite a daunting prospect, and even though I had completed lots of self study, small courses and training- I knew there were likely a few gaps in my knowledge, so doing a full structured course made good sense. Whilst some of the content was quite familiar, I was surprised by just how big some of the knowledge gaps were – it really boosted my confidence studying the modules and realising why they were so important. It is a great course that I would recommend to anyone wanting to qualify in Conservation, and has certainly helped me in my new career working as part of a landscape recovery project team

Bill Bradshaw