About US

Now a 'Competent Person' for the new Biodiversity Small Site Metric (SSM), Rachel is an experienced landscape designer of 21 years, having designed, built and planted over 100 gardens large and small. She has a strong practical understanding of how outdoor spaces should be built and planted, which is reflected in her detailed drawings and documents.  

Since 2015 she has used her experience to  specialise in provision of planning landscape discharge drawings for replacement dwellings in order to gain full planning approval. 

She has worked with a wide range of architects, developers and individuals to provide prompt, detailed and compliant planning documents for many local authorities.

BNG should not be seen as an obstacle, there are so many simple, easy and cost effective solutions to help nature within any garden setting. It is not complicated and with the right advice there are many simple solutions to allow successful  

co-habitation of humans and nature within any space. 

Rachel is now a 'Competent Person' to undertake from start to finish all Small Site Metric (SSM) biodiversity calculations.

Additional BNG training included the Field Studies Council courses on :

Habitat Surveying using UKHab in July 2024 & Biodiversity Net Gain for Reviewers in October 2024. 

Habitat site assessments must be carried out using UKHab  which is the coding system used for accurately surveying and classifying habitats when conducting BNG assessments.