Following an invitation to attend the initial meeting of the Steering Group set up by Cornwall County Council to progress the Local BAP, ECCI was included to represent industrial interest on the BAP Working Party. This Working Party, which also included representatives from English Nature, DEFRA (then MAFF), Cornwall Wildlife Trust and others, took over the steering of the plan which was progressed by a project officer reporting to the Group.

ECCI’s involvement in the LBAP was an extension of good and well-established working relationships with statutory and non-statutory specialist groups throughout Cornwall. This has included a long-term involvement with English Nature in the Heathland Regeneration Project, whereby heathland regeneration acts as a restoration aid for clay quarries and pits. The company has championed the concept of the industry in Cornwall as an important tool for the creation of amenity and nature conservation interest and actively promotes the development of national and local biodiversity objectives within the framework of ecological enhancement.