Location: South West England

Collaborators: Tellus Natural Capital

Nicholsons worked in collaboration with Tellus Natural Capital to deliver a comprehensive natural capital assessment for a large rural estate in South West England. The project combined detailed GIS mapping with on‑site ground‑truthing alongside the estate team and key stakeholders, creating a robust, location‑specific evidence base to support long‑term strategic decision‑making. A bespoke Natural Capital Matrix was developed to assess each management block’s potential to deliver ecosystem services, using a Red‑Amber‑Green scoring system alongside relative monetisation potential. This process identified a range of high‑value land‑use opportunities across the property, including woodland creation, eco‑tourism, targeted Biodiversity Net Gain, water environment enhancements and more resilient agriculture, all supported by a focused appraisal of viable routes to market in the UK Natural Capital landscape.