FixMyStreet for green infrastructure
Citizen science mapping and satellite monitoring for neglected urban green spaces
Reuben Forster & Manon Dangelser • Geovation Spring 2026
Red = planning application sites where BNG applies.
Everything between — the most-walked, least-managed spaces in any city — has no habitat framework at all.
These gaps are also the linear routes connecting sites — the wildlife corridors essential for biodiversity. Without them, habitats are islands.
AI species ID, GPS auto-extracted
habitat type & condition
BNG habitat score, monthly
satellite health timeline
Community flags issues
volunteers nominate to help
Aggregated intelligence,
satellite alerts,
compliance exports,
volunteer approval.
THE PAID PRODUCT
GI assets mapped
Community volunteers
BNG habitat types
Monthly running cost
"Looking forward to seeing how this data can support urban greening decisions."
TAM
Planning authorities with 30-year monitoring obligations they can't fulfil — plus all unmonitored public realm.
SAM
Councils with declared climate emergencies needing environmental intelligence.
SOM Year 1
5 South West councils at £5–7k/yr. FixMyStreet: district £5–7k, unitary £15–56k. (SocietyWorks)
30-year monitoring obligation councils cannot fulfil. Environment Act 2021
CCC scored urban greening “unable to evaluate” — no national dataset exists. CCC Adaptation Report 2025
Requires habitat baselines councils lack. Royal Assent Dec 2025
Sentinel-2 data + Cloudflare Workers = national-scale analysis for <£40/month.
Community generates data at zero marginal cost. Each new city makes the network more valuable.
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Community maps GI
Free to use
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Satellite enriches
Monthly NDVI per sighting
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Council pays
£5–7k/yr
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More cities join
Network effect
Map GI assets, flag issues, volunteer to maintain. Open data.
Aggregated intelligence, satellite monitoring, issue alerts, volunteer approval.
LNRS tracking, compliance exports, advanced reporting.
Year 1
5 councils × £6k avg = £30k
Year 2
15 councils, 3 cities = £100–150k
| Urban Biome | Verna | Linckia | iNaturalist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Urban public realm | Rural BNG | Development sites | Species records |
| Data collection | Citizen science | Paid ecologists | Paid ecologists | Citizen science |
| Satellite monitoring | Per sighting, monthly | No | No | No |
| Condition tracking | Yes, over time | Snapshot | Metrics | No |
| Scales with users | Network effect | Headcount | Headcount | Yes |
| Open data | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Only platform combining citizen science + satellite monitoring for urban green infrastructure.
Technical Lead & GI Analyst • Full Time
Strategy & Stakeholder Lead • Part Time
Together: Reuben knows the tech doesn't exist. Manon knows why councils can't build it — no budget, no data, no staff. Urban Biome answers a problem they've both lived.
£20k funds 6 months: council dashboard, native apps, first paying councils.
Enhanced Land Cover to validate every community sighting with standardised habitat classification.
Mentorship selling to councils. We've never sold to local authorities — Geovation alumni have.
Connections to OS product teams, council innovation leads, and the Geovation alumni ecosystem.
Bristol → South West → National
Every community sighting enriches OS data. Our success validates OS habitat products.
