Stewart Lenton

Biography

Stewart Lenton is Nature and Natural Capital Lead for Europe at SLR. Stewart’s background is in planning and EIA, working client side before moving into consultancy over 20 years ago. 

Stewart’s background in planning, coupled with his responsibility for the ecology team, enables him to engage with and guide clients with respect to the new mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirements which are part of our planning legislation. As a member of the EIC Natural Capital Task force Stewart interacts with the policy influencers involved in Natural Capital, such as DEFRA, and is able to share this insight about the future horizon for Natural Capital with clients.