Hawkins Environmental

What Hawkins Environmental does

Hawkins Environmental Limited is a privately held UK environmental consultancy founded in 2010 and headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire (registered as Hawkins Environmental Limited). The firm delivers technical environmental impact assessments supporting UK planning applications across four core disciplines: air quality, daylight/sunlight, noise, and artificial lighting. Core products include Air Quality Assessment (incorporating ADMS dispersion modelling and field monitoring for dust and odour), Daylight and Sunlight Assessment (BRE-aligned 3D modelling), Noise Assessment (BS 8233, BS 4142, ProPG surveys with calibrated sound level meters), and Lighting Impact Assessment (lux metre measurements and sky-glow analysis). Specialist sub-products — Plant Noise Impact Assessment, Vibration Assessment, Construction Noise Assessment — and add-on services (BREEAM assessment, EIA chapters, Pre-Application advice, Planning Condition Discharge) extend the platform into broader planning and sustainability advisory.

The business operates as a sales-led professional consultancy. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to project scale, with reference points ranging from £1,500-£3,000 for basic daylight reviews, £3,000-£7,000 for full daylight assessments with modelling, £3,000-£6,000 for medium-noise surveys, and £6,000+ for detailed or complex noise modelling — paid on a project-by-project basis. Go-to-market combines direct engagement (phone, email, website contact form) with content marketing via blog/news, LinkedIn, and X, targeting architects, planning consultants, and property developers at the planning-application stage. Distribution is single-country (United Kingdom), with over 70% of work concentrated in London despite nationwide service capability.

The company is led by Managing Director Nick Hawkins (20+ years' multi-disciplinary experience, published at EuroNoise 2008) and Director Emily Hawkins, supported by Senior Environmental Consultant Will Totty and consultants Fiona Elsley and Will Bettridge, with all technical staff accredited through the IOA, IAQM, IES, or IEMA. Headcount is in the 1-10 range, ownership is founder-led with no disclosed external investors, M&A, or parent-company affiliation, and SafeContractor certification provides compliance credibility for contractor-grade work. The firm positions itself as one of only a few UK consultancies able to deliver all four assessment types under a single roof, simplifying client coordination on urban planning applications.

Name

Hawkins Environmental

Legal name

Hawkins Environmental Limited

Website

https://hawkinsenvironmental.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hawkins Environmental is a UK environmental consultancy that delivers air quality, daylight/sunlight, noise, and lighting impact assessments for planning applications, serving architects, planning consultants, property developers, and homeowners nationwide from Basingstoke.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Quality & Emissions Management (BPAHAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) & Building Environmental Sampling (EUAHACAH)

Keywords

• Environmental impact assessment
• Noise impact assessment
• Air quality assessment
• Daylight sunlight assessment
• Planning consultancy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Basingstoke

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Assessment Services: Professional consultancy fees for conducting technical environmental assessments including air quality, noise, daylight/sunlight and lighting impact assessments to support planning applications. Services are tailored to individual project needs and quoted accordingly. Assessments support Pre-App submissions, planning applications, appeals, masterplanning, condition discharge, EIA chapters and planning objections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hawkins Environmental provides technical environmental assessment services including air quality, daylight/sunlight, noise, and lighting impact assessments to support UK planning applications. The consultancy delivers specialist reports for architects, planning consultants, property developers and homeowners, using calibrated monitoring equipment and ADMS dispersion modelling software. The company also offers pre-application advice, EIA chapters, BREEAM sustainability assessments, and planning condition discharge support.

Product overview

Hawkins Environmental is an environmental consultancy offering a unified portfolio of technical assessment services for UK planning applications. The core offerings consist of four main assessment types—Air Quality Assessment, Daylight and Sunlight Assessment, Noise Assessment, and Lighting Impact Assessment—which are frequently required together on urban developments. These are supported by specialist sub-products including Plant Noise Impact Assessment, Vibration Assessment, and Dust Assessment. The company also provides advisory services for Pre-Application Advice, Planning Condition Discharge, and EIA Chapters. The company was established in 2010 and operates from Hampshire with a nationwide service, serving architects, planning consultants, property developers and homeowners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Quality Assessment Technical assessment evaluating air pollution impacts and air quality conditions for planning applications, including dispersion modelling using ADMS software and professional monitoring for dust and odour. Intended for architects, planning consultants, property developers and homeowners.
• Daylight and Sunlight Assessment Technical study evaluating how proposed developments affect natural light conditions for neighbouring properties and internal spaces, based on BRE guidelines. Uses specialist 3D modelling to calculate VSC, APSH and daylight distribution metrics.
• Noise Assessment Acoustic assessment for planning applications evaluating noise impacts from transport, industrial, commercial and plant sources, conducted to BS 8233, BS 4142 and ProPG standards. Includes vibration monitoring and construction noise surveys.
• Lighting Impact Assessment Evaluation of artificial lighting effects on surrounding areas including light pollution, glare, sky glow, and impacts on ecological and human receptors, with lux metre measurements used to assess compliance.
• BREEAM Assessment Sustainability assessment supporting planning applications and development projects under the BREEAM framework.
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Chapters Technical chapters for Environmental Impact Assessments and expert testimony at planning appeals or inquiries.
• Pre-Application Advice Early-stage consultancy advice on environmental constraints, assessment requirements and design considerations before formal planning submission.
• Planning Condition Discharge Support for discharging planning conditions related to environmental mitigation measures including noise bunds and lighting mitigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced planning risk through early-stage environmental assessment and design integration
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with extensive UK environmental planning and acoustics capability; broad incumbent serving the same architectural and developer clients as Hawkins on larger schemes.
• RSK Group: UK-headquartered environmental, engineering and technical services group with acquired specialist consultancies; broad incumbent whose subspecialties overlap directly with Hawkins' core disciplines.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure and environmental consultancy with a UK EHS practice covering air, noise, daylight and EIA; broad incumbent that defines the upper end of the competitive set Hawkins operates within.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with established UK environmental, acoustics and air quality services supporting planning applications; broad incumbent against which Hawkins competes for higher-complexity work.
• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consultancy with a substantial UK EHS practice covering air quality, noise and EIA; competes for planning-led environmental work but at significantly larger scale.
• Hydrock (now Stantec): UK environmental and engineering consultancy offering air quality, noise, daylight and EIA services to development clients; broad incumbent with overlapping disciplines but much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Air Quality Consultants Ltd: UK specialist air quality consultancy providing assessments for planning applications, EIA chapters and dispersion modelling; directly comparable to Hawkins on air quality scope with similar planning-led client base.
• Anstey Horne: UK consultancy specialising in acoustics, noise and vibration assessments for planning and development; directly comparable niche specialist competing for the same planning-led workstream.
• MLM Group: Independent UK consultancy offering environmental, planning and engineering services to developers and architects; comparable in serving planning applications and bundling complementary technical disciplines.
• Spotlight Environmental: UK consultancy focused on daylight, sunlight and artificial lighting impact assessments for planning applications; direct peer competing for the daylight/sunlight workstream within Hawkins' bundled offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HawkinsEnviro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hawkins-environmental-limited

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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