Ashdown Forest SPA Monitoring Strategy and Visitor Survey Consultancy

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SE Shared Services awarded a contract to Footprint Ecology Ltd for consultancy services to devise an Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) monitoring strategy and conduct a visitor survey.

The work included generating up-to-date visitor use data to determine access patterns and recreational use at the SPA, and developing a long-term monitoring framework to understand bird populations and assess the success of Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces (SANGs) and access management.

The visitor survey methodology formed part of the SPA avoidance and mitigation monitoring strategy, providing evidence to inform the Wealden Local Plan and mitigation strategies for Wealden and other local authorities.

The contract value was AUD 29,685.5.