Planning with clarity, confidence, and continuity

 TerraViso is a modern, map-first planning intelligence platform that helps local authorities move from fragmented evidence to confident, defensible decisions.
It brings habitat data, imagery, and biodiversity metrics into one consistent system — so planners can assess applications faster, set clearer conditions, and monitor outcomes over time without increasing workload. 

Local authorities are under growing pressure to: 

•  Assess increasingly complex planning applications 
• Evidence biodiversity and environmental impacts clearly 
• Set conditions that are measurable and enforceable 
• Monitor delivery years after consent — with limited staff and budgets

 At the same time, planning evidence is often scattered across consultant PDFs, spreadsheets, and incompatible GIS files. Comparing sites, validating claims, or tracking change over time becomes slow, inconsistent, and hard to defend.

TerraViso exists to fix that.

 TerraViso turns raw spatial data into clear planning intelligence: 

• It maps what’s on the ground today
• Shows how proposals will change it 
• Quantifies impacts in a consistent, repeatable way 
• Tracks whether commitments are actually delivered over time
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 All through outputs that planning teams can understand, explain, and reuse.

1. Fast, consistent site screening

For pre-application advice and early assessment, TerraViso gives planners rapid insight into a site’s environmental context.

You can:

• Instantly generate a standardised habitat / land-cover map 
• See where sensitive or higher-distinctiveness habitats are located 
• Get clear area summaries by habitat type 
• Compare sites using the same evidence framework
   

The result:
Better triage, clearer early advice, and fewer surprises later in the process.

2. Stronger application assessment

When full applications arrive, TerraViso supports both planners and ecologists with a consistent baseline view.

Use TerraViso to:

• Validate submitted habitat maps against independent spatial evidence 
• Compare baseline vs proposed layouts spatially 
• Understand where impacts are occurring — and where they can be reduced 
• Support biodiversity net gain (BNG) assessments with mapped, auditable inputs
   

Instead of relying solely on narrative reports, you have clear maps and metrics to support decisions and negotiations.

3. Measurable, enforceable planning conditions

Good planning conditions depend on clarity. TerraViso helps authorities move from vague descriptions to spatially defined obligations.

Conditions can be linked to:

• Mapped habitat creation and enhancement areas 
• Target habitat types and minimum extents 
• Defined monitoring checkpoints (e.g. Year 1, 5, 10) 
• Clear pass/fail evidence based on mapped change
   

This makes conditions easier to enforce — and easier to explain to applicants, inspectors, and the public.

4. Long-term monitoring without long-term cost

Monitoring is where many good intentions fail. TerraViso is designed to make post-consent monitoring practical.

How it works:

• Store a baseline “snapshot” of the site at decision time 
• Compare future imagery or surveys against that baseline 
• Automatically highlight areas of change or potential non-compliance 
• Focus site visits only where they’re genuinely needed
   

Outcome:
Reduced officer time, targeted enforcement, and a clear record of delivery over years — not just at consent.

Consistency across the whole authority

Every site is assessed using the same underlying approach, even when applications come from different consultants. This improves fairness, comparability, and internal confidence.

Stronger negotiation position

Clear visuals and numbers help planning teams challenge weak assumptions, explore alternatives, and negotiate better outcomes — without slowing the process.

Defensible decisions and audit trails

TerraViso creates a repeatable chain from data → maps → metrics → decisions. That matters for transparency, governance, and long-term accountability.

Designed for real-world capacity

No requirement for advanced GIS expertise. Outputs are usable by planners, ecologists, enforcement teams, and committee members alike.

 Pre-application

• Upload site boundary 
• Generate habitat map and constraints overview 
• Identify risk and sensitivity early

Application assessment

• Compare submitted evidence with TerraViso baseline 
• Review proposed changes spatially 
• Support BNG calculations and reporting

Condition setting

• Define mapped delivery areas 
• Attach measurable habitat targets 
• Export maps and reports into the case file 

Post-consent

• Add new imagery or surveys as they become available 
• Detect change against baseline 
• Flag issues early and focus inspections

 TerraViso supports:

• Biodiversity Net Gain workflows 
• Strategic planning and cumulative impact review 
• Nature recovery and green infrastructure delivery 
• Transparent reporting to members and the public
   

As planning requirements evolve, TerraViso provides a scalable, evidence-led foundation that grows with policy — rather than reacting to it.