Biodiversity Baseline Surveys

Sustaining your biodiversity progress with clear, practical habitat planning.

At GVA, we provide Habitat Management & Monitoring Plans (HMMPs) tailored to major infrastructure and highways projects. Our plans ensure your newly created or enhanced habitats are properly maintained, monitored, and adapted over time to meet planning, licensing and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) obligations.

Long-term habitat delivery is at the core of BNG, so you’ll get fully implementable, realistic HMMPs that meet your statutory 30-year management requirements, always tailored to the operational constraints of your public-sector infrastructure project or commercial development.

Our HMMPs feature:

• A structured roadmap – for maintaining biodiversity value across the operational life of your site
• Clear objectives – habitat goals based on DEFRA Metric guidance and ecological assessments
• Ongoing monitoring strategy and success criteria – measurable outcomes for tracking your biodiversity progress
• Maintenance schedules – practical, achievable actions for contractors/asset teams
• Adaptive management recommendations – for responding to site or ecological changes
• Alignment with relevant legislation – BS 42020, Environment Act 2021 and LPA conditions
• Alignment with National Highways KPIs and sustainability goals
• Clear responsibilities and timelines to support legal agreements, such as Section 106, conservation covenants and LEMP compliance, etc.