Comprehensive Corporate Advisory & Project Management
Delivering rigorous structural governance and operational execution across the natural capital lifecycle
01 - Developers & Infrastructure
Unlocking Development through Environmental Compliance
Navigating mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and environmental planning conditions is a critical path for modern development. Base & Birch provides the strategic oversight required to mitigate ecological risk, secure complex regulatory consents, and ensure compliance acts as a catalyst, rather than a barrier, to your development timeline.
Core Capabilities:
Strategic Mitigation Planning: Translating ecological baseline data into cost-effective, legally robust compliance strategies, whether through on-site design or off-site unit acquisition.
Statutory Metric Management: Rigorous auditing of the Biodiversity Metric to ensure accuracy and commercial viability before submission to the Local Planning Authority (LPA).
Off-Site Unit Sourcing & Allocation: Identifying and securing premium BNG units from compliant habitat banks. We manage the complex regulatory lifecycle—including Section 7 of the Biodiversity Gain Plan—overseeing the final mapping and allocation process on the Natural England register to securely discharge your planning conditions.
02 - Landowners & Rural Estates
Transforming Land into High-Yielding Natural Capital Assets
Committing land to lengthy statutory environmental covenants introduces complex operational realities and strict long-term liabilities. Base & Birch provides the multidisciplinary expertise required to transform raw land into a fully compliant, high-yielding natural capital asset without disrupting your core agricultural operations.
We operate entirely on a retained consultancy basis. We take no percentage share or sales commission—ensuring 100% of the asset's value remains with you.
Core Capabilities:
Asset Valuation & Strategy: Robust commercial assessments mapping out the operational costs and financial realities of natural capital or diversification projects before any legal commitments are made.
Legal Structuring & Registration: Navigating Section 106 agreements or Conservation Covenants alongside your retained legal counsel, including the management of any formal application process - such as registration of your BNG project on the Natural England Register.
Long-Term Operational Delivery: Acting as your retained operational director for the full project lifecycles. For example under BNG we manage the Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) and oversee a vetted network of specialised sub-contractors for physical habitat creation.
03 - Institutional Investors & Finance
Technical Oversight for Natural Capital Deployment
As institutional capital flows into the environmental sector, accurately assessing the risk profile of natural capital assets is paramount. We act as your trusted project management partner and due diligence consultant, ensuring that strategic financial models are backed by absolute ecological and structural integrity.
Core Capabilities:
Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence: Auditing proposed habitat banks and natural capital projects to verify statutory metric accuracy, legal compliance, and operational viability.
Operational Risk Modelling: Assessing the long-term delivery risks associated with 30-year covenants, including contractor pricing, environmental failure risks, and HMMP compliance.
Ongoing Asset Auditing: Providing independent, third-party oversight of established natural capital assets to ensure they are meeting regulatory milestones and protecting deployed capital.