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Websites for ecology consultancies

An architect submitting a planning application wants to see your protected-species survey experience before the deadline, not after it.

PrimeStart designs a website around your practice, then hosts it, updates it and looks after it for you. Built to answer a developer, architect or homeowner plainly — your services, your ecologists' memberships and licences, and how you support Biodiversity Net Gain — from £99.99 a month with £0 upfront design fee.

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Built around your practiceAn architect submitting a planning application wants to see your protected-species survey experience before the deadline, not after it.

Example enquiry — not a real customer

Example design — fictional business

Why a website

An architect against a submission deadline reads for survey experience before anything else matters.

A developer, architect or homeowner reaching out to an ecology consultancy is usually working against a planning submission deadline, and a site that states your services, memberships and licences plainly wins the enquiry against one that leads with generic environmental language.

01

They check your memberships and licences

CIEEM membership and a Natural England protected-species licence, named specifically for the ecologist who holds them, is the reassurance a buyer came looking for before trusting you with a site.

02

They check which species you survey

Bats, great crested newts, badgers and others, named separately, matters directly to what the buyer's site actually needs surveying for.

03

They want to see the specific service they need

Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Biodiversity Net Gain assessments and habitat management described separately, so a buyer with one urgent requirement finds it fast.

04

They want a fast way to arrange a survey

A form that starts the conversation efficiently, often against a deadline that's already close.

Getting found

A planning submission deadline usually sends a developer or homeowner straight to a search bar.

"Ecology consultant near me", "bat survey for extension", "Biodiversity Net Gain assessment" — the searches developers, architects and homeowners use once a requirement becomes urgent. Website + SEO is the ongoing work of being visible when they do.

  • Local searches, agreed with you. We pick the three searches that matter most to your practice — say, "ecology consultant in Exeter", "bat survey" and "biodiversity net gain assessment" — and work on them every month.
  • Google Business Profile. Set up and kept current, so you appear on the map with your services, coverage and a way to reach you.
  • Reviews handled carefully. A simple way to gather genuine reviews from the architects, developers and homeowners you work with, shown as written and never used to imply a planning outcome.
  • Content that answers real questions. Protected-species survey seasons, Biodiversity Net Gain requirements and habitat processes, written accurately for the buyer weighing up providers.
  • A monthly report you can read. What we did, what moved, and what's next for your practice — set out in your Client Platform, without the analytics jargon.

We never promise rankings or a number of new instructions. We do promise consistent, honest work on being found — and to show you exactly what we did.

Built for you

An architect against a deadline needs facts fast, not a general sustainability promise.

The reader has usually arrived at your site with a specific requirement and a deadline attached. A generic consulting template treats every visitor the same. We don't.

Every PrimeStart website is designed from scratch and custom coded on WordPress in HTML and PHP — no page builders, no theme bought off a shelf with your name typed in. It's built around what a developer or homeowner needs to decide quickly: your services, your memberships and licences, and the species or habitats you survey.

"An architect against a submission deadline doesn't need warmth first. They need to know, clearly, whether you can survey the site before their window closes."

Why survey availability sits above the fold on every ecology consultancy site
Custom HTML & PHP on WordPress No page-builder templates Fast on mobile Yours after the term
1Memberships and licences named specifically 2Species shown clearly 3BNG described accurately 4Enquiry route
  • 1

    CIEEM membership and Natural England licences, named for the ecologist who holds them

    Never a vague "qualified" claim in place of the real credential.

  • 2

    Bats, great crested newts, badgers and others, named separately

    Never implied or assumed on your behalf.

  • 3

    Biodiversity Net Gain support, named as the statutory requirement it is

    General service description, never site-specific ecological advice on the page.

  • 4

    A fast way to arrange a survey

    Never a live survey-tracking portal we haven't built — a form that starts the conversation efficiently.

What's included

Everything a website needs to run, handled for you.

You don't need to learn hosting, domains or WordPress. Every PrimeStart website comes with the technical side done and looked after — for as long as you're with us.

Design & build

  • Custom design around your practiceApproved by you
  • Custom coded on WordPressHTML & PHP
  • Up to 5 pages to startMore via your platform
  • Mobile-first, fast loading

Hosting & security

  • Hosting, included
  • Domain name & SSL certificate
  • Daily backups
  • Security monitoring & updates

Changes & management

  • Small changes when you need themWithin service scope
  • WordPress & plugin updatesEvery month
  • Enquiry forms to your inbox
  • Support from real people

Your Client Platform

  • See your site's progress
  • Request changes in a click
  • Order extra pages
  • SEO reports (Website + SEO)Monthly
While you're in the field

We're on the website. Updates, fixes, backups and changes happen in the background — you'll only hear from us when there's something worth hearing.

How it starts

Tell us about your practiceYour services, memberships and the species you survey.
See your designWe design your site and you approve it before anything goes live.
Go live, looked afterYour site launches, and we keep running it from then on.

Choose your plan

Two plans. The difference is whether you want help being found.

Both give you a complete, managed website. One adds ongoing SEO work to it. Pay monthly, or pay upfront for the year and save 25%.

Website

A professional ecology consultancy website, looked after for you.

£99.99a month

Save 25%

12-month plan. £0 upfront design fee.

Start my website
Months 1–12£99.99 a month
OwnershipYours after the 12-month term

£899.91once

12 months of Website paid upfront — saving £299.97.

Start my website
Instead of£1,199.88 over 12 months
OwnershipEarly handover once approved, or keep it managed

Design, build, hosting, domain, SSL, backups, updates, small changes, support and your Client Platform login.

For getting found

Website + SEO

For practices who want help being found on Google.

£349.99a month, in total

Save 25%

Includes your managed website. SEO runs for a 6-month minimum.

Start Website + SEO
Months 1–6£349.99 a month · SEO minimum
Months 7–12£349.99 · or stop SEO and pay £99.99

£3,149.91once

12 months of Website and 12 months of SEO paid upfront — saving £1,049.97.

Start Website + SEO
Instead of£4,199.88 over 12 months
Covers12 months of Website and SEO

Everything in Website, plus three agreed local searches worked on monthly, Google Business Profile, reviews, technical fixes and a monthly report.

First payment at signup, no setup charges. Monthly customers own their site after the agreed 12-month term; upfront customers can take early handover once the site is complete and approved. Full terms on the pricing page.

Questions

What ecology consultancies ask us.

The commercial questions, answered plainly. Anything else, ask us — a real person will call you back.

Not sure which plan?

Tell us how much of your enquiries come from search versus architect and agent relationships, and we'll say honestly whether SEO is worth it for you yet.

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Will you show our CIEEM membership or Natural England licences?
Yes, if you hold them. Biodiversity Net Gain is a statutory requirement for most planning applications in England, and you can check GOV.UK's guidance on Biodiversity Net Gain for the current rules. We show your memberships and licences exactly as held, never assumed.
How much does a website for an ecology consultancy cost with PrimeStart?
Website is £99.99 a month for 12 months with no upfront design fee, or £899.91 paid upfront for the year (save 25%). Website + SEO is £349.99 a month in total, or £3,149.91 paid upfront for 12 months of Website and SEO. For new agreements, after the first 12 months the website continues automatically at £49.99 a month for hosting and aftercare, with no new minimum term, unless you give 30 days' notice; Website + SEO continues at £299.99 a month while SEO is still running. Existing customers keep the pricing in their own agreement.
Can the site explain protected-species surveys?
Yes, described accurately by species — bats, great crested newts, badgers and others named separately, so a visitor with a specific concern finds the right information without site-specific survey advice on the page itself.
Can the site distinguish us from an environmental consultancy?
Yes. Ecology work — protected-species surveys, habitat assessments and Biodiversity Net Gain — is described separately from environmental consultancy work such as contaminated land and permits, so a visitor with either need finds the right page.
Can clients track a survey or a BNG plan through the site?
The site is not a compliance-management portal. PrimeStart sites do not include live survey-tracking or document-storage features as part of the standard plan; the enquiry form starts a conversation instead.
Can the site cover both developers and homeowners?
Yes. Developer-facing work such as Biodiversity Net Gain assessments and homeowner-facing work such as a bat survey for an extension can each have their own clear section, written specifically rather than lumped under one generic service list.
Do we own the website?
Yes. On the monthly plan the site is yours after the agreed 12-month term, subject to the contract. If you pay upfront you can choose an early handover once the site is complete and approved, or keep it managed with us.
How quickly will I see a first draft?
We aim to have your first website draft ready within 5 working days once PrimeStart has everything needed and confirms your project is Ready to Build. Nothing is published until you have reviewed and approved it.

Get started

You run the surveys. We'll run the website.

Choose a plan, tell us about your practice, and see your first design before anything goes live.

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