Agri-Environment

With our wide experience of ecology, forestry and farming, we feel we are in a strong position to help farmers and landowners with specialist advice on land management.

Our many years involvement with a range of farms throughout the UK, and more recently with our own mixed farm in Staffordshire, enables us to provide sensible and practical help with maintaining farmland ecology at the same time as protecting farm incomes. At a time when the stewardship of the natural environment is seen as a prime responsibility for farmers, it is important to have an adviser on your side who has a sound understanding of wildlife, forestry and landscape.

Stewardship Schemes

These schemes provide a useful additional farm income whilst providing environmental improvements. Arbor Vitae have steered almost 200 farms through Stewardship schemes applications over 22 years, bringing millions of £’s into farm businesses. We can help with all aspects of the scheme from conception and surveying through to submission and management of the scheme over the years, including:

Sustainable Farming Incentive
Higher Level Stewardship
Capital Grants
Catchment Sensitive Farming

Habitat and Protected Species Surveys

Assistance with planning applications for new developments which involve change of use
Bat and bird surveys relating to building conversion
Ecology assessments for Higher Tier applications
Baseline surveys for Biodiversity Net Gain
Advice on Natural Capital