Street-level intelligence for urban green infrastructure
Urban Biome Ltd · Geovation Spring 2026 · GeoTech
The problem
Heat islands, vegetation loss, air quality trends — at 10m resolution, updated monthly
Planters, street trees, rain gardens, green walls — small-scale GI is invisible to remote sensing
Type, design, condition, issues — verified street-level records with ownership linked via OS data
The evidence
Climate Change Committee's assessment of UK urban greening progress, 2025
of Local Planning Authorities have 0.5 or fewer ecologists on staff
ALGE-ADEPT 2022
national datasets tracking the condition of public realm green infrastructure
Why now
Regulatory demand is outpacing data infrastructure supply. The window is open.
Biodiversity Net Gain now law. Councils face 30-year monitoring obligations they cannot fulfil.
Climate Change Committee scored urban greening "unable to evaluate." No national baseline exists.
Planning & Infrastructure Act requires habitat baselines councils currently lack.
Local Nature Recovery Strategies oblige every area of England to map nature recovery priorities — councils need habitat data they don't have.
Free Sentinel-2 data + serverless cloud = national-scale monitoring at startup cost levels.
The solution
Property-resolution stress mapping from Earth observation data, updated monthly
Verified street-level GI records — type, design, condition, issues — with ownership auto-linked via OS data
Where to invest next. Which assets are underperforming. Which areas need greening most — at street and property scale.
How it works
Each dataset alone is partial. Aggregated for one asset, they compound into intelligence greater than the sum of parts.
The moat
As data compounds, patterns emerge that are invisible to any single council. The platform becomes an evidence base for what actually works — shared across every authority.
The product
Validation
Structured condition data no existing dataset captures. Live in Bristol with 6 community volunteers.
Satellite indices, OS basemaps, and community ground-truth — all flowing, all integrated.
Entire platform runs on serverless. National scale is achievable without national-scale costs.
Bristol BID confirmed willingness to pilot high-street planting monitoring.
Citizens report potholes
30+ councils pay £5–56k/yr
Citizens report green infrastructure
+ satellite monitoring + habitat scoring
Market
Business model
Open map access and community participation. The evidence base.
Council-grade decision intelligence. The revenue.
Each city compounds a national habitat dataset. The endgame.
The team
15 years in construction and landscaping showed him GI is planted then forgotten. Built the entire platform solo — satellite pipelines, community capture, OS integration.
10+ years climate resilience consulting at Arup, Bouygues and VINCI. Speaks the language councils trust. Co-authored the AUDE Climate Adaptation Guide.
Roadmap
143 assets, 6 volunteers, 3 data streams integrated
UKHAB integration, council design input, first pilot
Pro dashboard, £40–60k ARR, grant stacking
£150–250k raise, 10–15 councils, £100–150k ARR
Data licensing, central gov, insurers, utilities
The ask
Four blockers. One programme solves all four.
We need to sit with council officers. Geovation's network gives us the room.
Enhanced Land Cover is architecturally critical. Our product is better with UKHAB — and UKHAB gets a showcase.
Council procurement is labyrinthine. Alumni who've navigated it are the missing guide.
Funds the first council pilot. If grants slip, our £500/yr infrastructure means runway is long.
Green infrastructure is planted then forgotten.
We make it visible, monitored and actionable.