Ground Control

Ground Control is a fast-growing external maintenance business and biodiversity expert committed to enhancing and improving the physical environment. With a strong commitment to sustainability, we utilise technology and data to nurture environments and enable our customers to deliver on their environmental promises. Our team unites the best of people, places, and planet to realise the potential of human nature at its best. We specialise in managing trees and vegetation for public infrastructure and commercial spaces, delivering biodiversity net gain solutions, and providing award-winning landscape design and consultancy. Our services are tailored to meet the specific needs of sectors such as blue light services, education, industrial manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure. We are proud to be a trusted partner for major clients, including Network Rail, Severn Trent Water, and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Our ISO 9001, 18001, and 14001 accredited systems ensure market-tested agreed rates, technical competence, and excellent savings. With over 40 years of experience in tree management, we deliver large-scale commercial projects across multiple sectors. Our state-of-the-art fleet of mechanised arboriculture machinery, including the Menzi Muck and Kobelco SK140, allows us to clear any hard-to-reach vegetation with minimal environmental disruption.

We are approved by Network Rail to deliver On-Track Plant Operations and serve as a Tier 1 supplier for railway vegetation management. Our IRATA-certified rope access teams handle complex maintenance and repair works at height, ensuring safety and efficiency. Ground Control is also a leader in biodiversity net gain, creating and restoring habitats through woodland, scrub, ponds, hedgerows, and grassland projects. We are committed to leaving the world in a better state than we found it, aligning our operations with the Environment Act 2021 requirements for a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain. Our dedication to innovation, sustainability, and client satisfaction has earned us numerous awards, including the 2019 BALI Grand Award for The Childrens Garden at Kew. We continue to push boundaries in environmental recovery, as demonstrated by our Devana and Wildfell habitat banks, which provide high-integrity off-site BNG units. Through our Evergreen Fund, we accelerate toward net zero while delivering social value, having achieved 962K in social impact in our record year. Ground Controls vision of 'Create. Maintain. Sustain.' drives us to transform landscapes for future generations, combining drive, innovation, and skill to nurture natural environments and enhance lives.