Expert guidance for complex landscapes
From stormwater management to soil and watercourse evaluations, we simplify the technical aspects and design your project to work with the land, not against it. We’re the partners you want on-site to ensure your planning stays efficient and compliant.
Strategic planning meets
hands-on expertise.
We are consultants helping designers, developers and land managers turn regulatory challenges into project milestones. The gap between development goals and environmental requirements can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be a roadblock.
By combining our urban and rural planning expertise with technical rigour – in green infrastructure to habitat surveys – we simplify the process. We work as an extension of your team, providing engineering judgment and environmental foresight needed to keep your project moving from concept to completion.
What we do:
Urban and Rural Planning
We provide expert site analysis, feasibility assessments and strategic master planning support to help landowners, developers and authorities unlock the potential of their sites.
Green Infrastructure
We integrate cutting-edge techniques into your project strategy to navigate regulatory hurdles, maximise biodiversity, and turn site constraints into sustainable assets.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
We deliver end-to-end support, from baseline ecological surveys and habitat condition assessments through to the preparation of 30-year management plans and support for Natural England BNG Register approval.
Land and River Surveys
Our team specialises in comprehensive botanical, habitat baselines and River Condition Assessment surveys to deliver the clear, site-specific evidence required for planning applications and biodiversity net gain strategies.
Project Management
Streamlining site development processes by coordinating multidisciplinary teams, navigating complex regulatory landscapes, and ensuring project milestones are met on time and within budget.
Civil Drainage Strategies
Engineering robust drainage frameworks that minimise environmental impact, reduce flood risk, and satisfy local authority planning conditions for complex projects.
Biodiversity Net Gain is now a mandatory requirement for most developments but it’s more than just a regulatory hurdle. We see it as a significant opportunity to create meaningful environmental value and unlock new financial assets. Frenchglen Consulting provides the technical foundation that makes your BNG project scientifically robust, manageable and review ready.
Currently, we are focusing our on-site services across the South of England to ensure we provide the hands-on expertise your project deserves.
BNG: from regulatory risk to environmental asset.
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We help you integrate nature into your site plan from day one, creating desirable high-value spaces that adds to lived experiences and biodiversity benefits.
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By getting the proposals right the first time, we minimize the need for site plan revisions, cut down on unnecessary costs and make approvals more efficient.
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For landowners, we design habitat banks that align with specific management goals. We focus on landscape-driven solutions that honour the local character and history of the land while remaining commercially viable.
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We provide realistic advice on land management and craft robust Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans that move quickly through Local Planning Authority (LPA) approvals or review by your chosen Responsible Body.
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We guide you through the current market drivers for BNG units, ensuring your strategy is as economically sound as it is ecologically impactful.
Contact us
Whether you're scoping a site, facing a planning hurdle or planning your BNG strategy - we'd be glad to talk it through.
+44 (0)7709 026 775