Meet our arboricultural consultants!

The arboriculture team at Tyler Grange aim to look after and preserve the trees on your site, making sure things stay on track, on budget and running smoothly. No matter how big or complex it might be, our team can help with surveys and reports that are always designed especially to fit your project.

Our Arboricultural director, Jamie Pratt and the team have been busy on some big projects, getting together to celebrate some milestones and learning some important new skills to strengthen our services for you. Here’s what’s been going on in the world of TG arboriculture.

Caring for trees and adding value to your project

The Arb team help you understand the effect and impact that trees will have on a development. They make sure trees are protected on a site, but also that they add value, both in terms of aesthetics and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). There are lots of different branches to the expert services our team provide, including:

Preliminary opportunities and constraints mapping

Surveys and impact assessments

Tree preservation orders

Method statements

Amenity valuation

Expert witness services

Jamie and his team work by the professional standards set by the Arboricultural Association. They deliver tree protection strategies and woodland management plans to help with ongoing tree management. They’re key to the wider, connected services that the Tyler Grange team provide. Working together in synergy makes us better at what we do for you, as Jamie says:

“The key to TG is that we’re multi-disciplinary. Alongside arboriculture, we’ve got an established ecology team and a brilliant landscape planning team as well. We can collaborate in-house easily, and everyone has a good understanding of each other’s disciplines.”

“We don't foresee there being much of a slowdown in terms of planning projects. We want to make sure our clients know they've got somewhere that they can go that has the resources and the capacity to help them.” - Jamie Pratt

More experts, more capacity

Since we started, we’ve expanded our group of expert Arboricultural consultants. We’ve got a well-established senior team, and we’re looking to grow our graduate uptake as well. It’s a thrilling time to be part of the Arb team. We’re fortunate to have been able to work on some big, high-profile projects recently. As Jamie says, there’s more around the corner!

We currently (August 2025) have three job openings for entry -level positions in our Arboricultural teams across our offices up and down the country. You can read more about these great opportunities here!

“I think a site that's been a real testament to our work in recent years is the St Ann's Hospice project in Heald Green in Manchester.” Ben Vause – TG Arboricultural Consultant

Collaboration in action at St Ann’s Hospice

This project involved building a new facility on the grounds of the original, outdated St Ann’s Hospice site. When the building was designed, the St Ann’s staff were involved in those early conversations. They wanted a place that staff and patients could relax in and enjoy together. That was incorporated into the design, making sure that we delivered a place of natural beauty and tranquillity for everyone.

It’s a perfect example of how collective efforts produce the best results for you. We worked collaboratively from both an arboricultural and ecology perspective within our team. We listened carefully to the needs of the facilities team and their staff at St Ann’s. We also built successful relationships with Gener8 developments throughout the delivery of the project.

There were a few constraints and challenges, like conflicts between trees with bat roosts to be conserved, and high-value trees that might have to be compromised and removed. Working together, we ensured the natural assets on the site were retained, with the needs of the staff and patients in mind. You can find out more about this project here.

“I think in this day and age, especially with biodiversity net gain and valuing the importance of green infrastructure, people are tending now to see mature trees as an asset to their sites. Some of the trees between the two blocks will be retained within a sensory garden. That’s going to offer shade in summer months and it’s going to have microclimatic benefits as well.” – Matt Brennan – Project Manager Gener8

The Arb team is developing their skills and services for you. Here’s what they’ve been up to and what’s in store next.

Getting better for you

Team day

The Arb team has spent time reflecting on the services they provide to you. They’ve put their heads together to look at how they can improve what they do, setting out future plans.

After a full day spent exploring how to improve the service they offer, the Arb team put their teamwork to the test in a different way—on the water. What was meant to be a calm kayak down the Thames became a 14 km challenge in tough weather. It was a fitting end to a day focused on collaboration and resilience.

Training

This summer, our consultants are undertaking tree risk assessment training. This means that our entire Arb team will become qualified, VALID assessors over the coming months. This qualification is exceptionally important to our arboricultural service offering. It will form the basis for a new service in the pipeline in tree risk assessment work. Watch this space for the new service and discover how this can help your next project.

Arboricultural Association Conference 2025

In September, we’ll be attending the Arboricultural Association Conference. It forms the bedrock of the professional standards our team work to, and we can’t wait to go. The conference features some expert speakers in the industry. It’s a great opportunity for our Arb team to learn more, expand their thinking and stay ahead of important updates to the industry that can affect your project.

Expert Witness Work

Our Director, Jamie Pratt, appeared as an expert witness for a planning inquiry in Wokingham this august. This is a particularly complex case involving how policy should be interpreted in relation to veteran trees within the NPPF and the BNG Regulations. Jamie was called to the stand to provide an expert opinion how veteran trees are classified under both the NPPF and the BNG regulations, and what the implications are for the proposed development. The appeal decision is expected in October, which will mark a significant planning precedent on the topic of veteran trees and BNG.

Leading arboriculturists for planning success

We’re in the best position we’ve ever been to provide support and assessments that will benefit your project and the environment it’s a part of.

We can’t wait to broaden our services for you. And we’re excited to welcome some new faces to the Arb team in the not-too-distant future!

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Meet our arboricultural consultants!

Caring for trees and adding value to your project

“We don't foresee there being much of a slowdown in terms of planning projects. We want to make sure our clients know they've got somewhere that they can go that has the resources and the capacity to help them.” - Jamie Pratt

More experts, more capacity

“I think a site that's been a real testament to our work in recent years is the St Ann's Hospice project in Heald Green in Manchester.” Ben Vause – TG Arboricultural Consultant

Collaboration in action at St Ann’s Hospice

The Arb team is developing their skills and services for you. Here’s what they’ve been up to and what’s in store next.

Getting better for you

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