Elspeth Grace
Graduate Environmental Consultant
Elspeth is passionate about conserving the environment and biodiversity.
Elspeth is passionate about conserving the environment and biodiversity.
As a Natural Sciences graduate from the University of Cambridge, Elspeth specialised in ecology and conservation and brings this specialist insight into her work in our Rural Investment team.
She contributes to scoping reports and asset reviews, helping to inform landowners on the best ways to deliver environmental enhancements in projects and across their portfolios. She also advises on funding options for natural capital projects, including public agri-environment grants and private funding schemes such as biodiversity net gain and nutrient credits.
Local Plan Watch: Biodiversity Net Gain
The Environment Act 2021 mandates all new developments in England to provide a 10% uplift in biodiversity, to be maintained for a 30-year period. DEFRA’s biodiversity metric uses habitat type as a proxy, placing a value on the biodiversity a habitat is likely to support by allocating ‘biodiversity units’.