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It says in the link that dazzer6666 posted, that they will be using top soil and seed! All they need to do is contour the chalk/subsoil currently in situ and mow and collect the grass cuttings from the immediate area in the autumn, and spread it over the prepared area (Green-haying). The...

That's another way of doing it, albeit incredibly expensive. Both ways have advantages and disadvantages, but as Weststander says, as long as they don't bring in a load of quality top-soil and sacks of ordinary grass seed, that will be fine.

Hopefully, they'll just leave it as chalk so that it can regenerate itself with wild flower seed that will blow in and colonize. It takes a three or so years for the chalk to green up, but ecologically, well worth the wait.