Monthly Archives: December 2011

Rachel Penn was recently called as expert witness at the planning inquiry into proposed development at Hamsterley Hall, County Durham. Continue reading

Penn Associates Ecology Ltd recently assisted Tarmac with a very special gift to  the Durham University Botanic Garden. Turfs, which contain wild plants that are characteristic of magnesian limestone grassland, were lifted from Old Quarrington Quarry  and donated to the gardens. Continue reading

Chris Packham was a welcome guest at Tarmac’s Broadoak quarry recently, to which he was invited to mark an agreement between Tarmac and the Northumberland Wildlife Trust to jointly manage the site for wildlife. Continue reading