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Integrating biodiversity and development

Sibbett Ecology Ltd

SERVICES

Sibbett Ecology helps with all stages of a development project, from due diligence and Local Plan allocation, to planning applications, discharge of consents and implementation

PROJECTS

Barn conversion, single-house plot or Major development?  Agricultural reservoir, solar farm, commercial development, commercial, or anything else? 

No problem.

CLIENTS

Clients can be residential developers, agricultural estates, green energy businesses, or many more.  Appointments often come via planning consultants or architects.

Local Planning Authorities needing help with appeals.

flower-rich habitat drainage basin

ABOUT US

Nick Sibbett has over 33 years of ecology experience, including 17 years with English Nature/Natural England and 16 years with a prestigious multi-disciplinary company. In 2024, he founded his own boutique ecological micro-consultancy to offer high-quality ecological consultancy services.

Services

Here are the most common services that clients request.

Family house

For Developers

log pile habitat

For Local Planning Authorities

For all stages of a development, large or small.  From initial site investigations for due diligence, Local Plan allocations, planning applications and discharge of consents.

Species surveys and licencing

Habitat Regulations Assessment

Ecology support for appeals

Support on planning applications and expert witness at appeals

Strategic support for Local Plans. e.g. HRA, SANGS studies, giving evidence at Examinations in Public.

Buddleia and hornet hoverfly

Other services

Here are some examples of other services offered

  • Ecological support to individuals or groups resisting a nearby planning application

  • Ecology surveys

  • Site of Special Scientific Interest consent applications

  • Habitat Management Plans

  • Negotiations with regulators

  • Expert witness 

If the service you want is not listed here, do ask!

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Clients

Clients

Clients include two large agricultural estates with a range of agricultural and residential developments, a Council and interested parties needing expert witness on various Public Inquiries, householders, residential and commercial developers.

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