Projects

Proven Track Record Across the UK

Evidence from highways, rail, land restoration and ecological projects—showing how CDTS protects programmes, ensures compliance and reduces risk.

1200+

Projects Completed

30+

Years Experience


350+

Clients

6

Hydroseeders

A retaining wall made of stacked black bags. A front-end loader on gravel, street and buildings in the background.
Grassy hillside next to a road in a town, cars and buildings visible, blue sky.

Projects:

Below is a selection of CDTS projects delivered over the past decade, across multiple sectors.


  • Wildflower & Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Projects

    Machynlleth Bridge, Powys - Alun Griffiths (Tier 1). 1 km new road with local-provenance wildflower seeding and planting in an environmentally sensitive corridor.


    Murphy New Head Office, Golborne - Ground Control / Murphy. 10,000 m² wildflower and conventional seeding for new commercial HQ grounds.


    Solihull MBC Wildflower Programme, West Midlands - Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Four-year rolling wildflower seeding programme across urban verges and roundabouts, creating pollinator habitats.


    A419 Cirencester Bypass, Gloucestershire - Highways. Wildflower establishment on chalk/limestone cuttings; site remains a biodiverse corridor 20+ years later.


    A303 SSSI Wildflower Scheme, Wiltshire - Highways. Hydroseeding wildflower vegetation on a cleared slope within a sensitive SSSI.


    Coventry Annual Wildflower Meadows, West Midlands - Local authority. Annual wildflower display seeding across parks and highway verges.


    Old Moor Wetlands, South Yorkshire - Environmental. Wetland habitat creation and ecological seeding.


    Mardyke Reedbed Creation, Essex - Environmental. Reedbed habitat creation through specialist seeding.


    Ely Pocket Park, Cambridgeshire - Local authority. Ecological seeding for local community green space.


    Tring Nature Reserve, Hertfordshire - English Nature. Habitat establishment seeding at a designated nature reserve.


    Norfolk Broads, Norfolk - Environmental. Ecological seeding in a sensitive wetland landscape.

  • Highway & Rail Embankment Stabilisation Projects

    M6 Toll Road, West Midlands / Staffordshire - Highways. Hydroseeding new highway cut slopes and verges on a major toll motorway.


    M6 Junctions 30-32, Lancashire - Highways. Embankment stabilisation and seeding along junction improvements.


    M74 Extension, South Lanarkshire, Scotland - Highways. Hydroseeding new motorway embankments.


    M57 Link Road, Merseyside - Highways. Embankment seeding for new link road.


    M60 Sections 1, 2 and 5, Greater Manchester - Highways. Seeding across multiple motorway improvement sections.


    M62 Junction Improvements, West Yorkshire - Highways. Embankment stabilisation and revegetation.


    M25 Junctions 12-15, Surrey / Buckinghamshire - Highways England. Hydroseeding during major motorway widening works.


    M11 New Junction Stansted, Essex - Highways. Seeding new junction embankments.


    M4 Cardiff Sections 5-6, Cardiff, Wales - Highways. Motorway embankment seeding.


    M4 Earlswood, South Wales - Highways. Embankment stabilisation.


    A1M Scotch Corner, North Yorkshire - Highways. Major junction embankment seeding.


    A ROADS


    Machynlleth Bridge, Powys, Wales - Alun Griffiths (Tier 1). 1 km new road around new bridge with hydroseeding and erosion control.


    Cheshire Green, Cheshire - Jones Bros Civil Engineering. 10,000 m² seeding and 6,000 plants for new infrastructure and industrial estate.


    A421 Dualling, Bedfordshire - Highways. Hydroseeded new cut slopes and verges.


    A46 Newark, Nottinghamshire - Highways. Road dualling embankment seeding.


    A6 Derby, Derbyshire - Highways. Embankment hydroseeding.


    A5 Weeford, Staffordshire - Highways. Road improvement seeding.


    A55 Bangor to Holyhead, North Wales - Highways. Large-scale embankment seeding along coastal route.


    A30 Merrymeet, Cornwall - Highways. Highway embankment stabilisation.


    A590 Lake District, Cumbria - Highways. Road improvement seeding.


    A1 Wetherby to Dishforth, North Yorkshire - Highways. Major road dualling embankment works.


    A5117 Chester, Cheshire - Highways. Road seeding.


    A34 Newbury, Berkshire - Highways. Bypass embankment seeding.


    A470 Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales - Highways. Road improvement in mountainous terrain.


    A470 Betws-y-Coed, North Wales - Highways. Road improvement seeding.


    A497 Pwllheli, North Wales - Highways. Road embankment seeding.


    BYPASSES


    Towcester Bypass, Northamptonshire. Bypass embankment hydroseeding.


    Scarborough Bypass, North Yorkshire. Bypass embankment seeding.


    Dobwalls Bypass, Cornwall. Bypass seeding.


    Wilmslow Bypass, Cheshire. Bypass embankment seeding.


    Cannock Bypass, Staffordshire. Bypass embankment stabilisation.


    Wrexham Bypass, Wrexham, Wales. Bypass seeding works.


    Evesham Bypass, Worcestershire. Bypass embankment seeding.


    Blackburn Bypass, Lancashire. Bypass seeding.

    Wetherby Bypass, West Yorkshire. Bypass embankment works.


    Baldock Bypass, Hertfordshire. Bypass seeding.


    Biddulph Bypass, Staffordshire. Bypass works.

    Temple Sowerby Bypass, Cumbria. Bypass seeding.


    Castle Donington Link Road, Leicestershire. Link road embankment seeding.


    Oakham Bypass, Rutland. Bypass seeding.


    Norwich Bypass, Norfolk. Bypass embankment seeding.


    Barford Bypass, Warwickshire. Bypass seeding.


    Pegswood Bypass, Northumberland. Bypass seeding.


    Haydon Bridge Bypass, Northumberland. Bypass seeding.


    RAIL


    Staffordshire Alliance Rail Bypass, Stafford - Network Rail / Staffordshire Alliance. 


    Hydroseeding new railway earthworks to stabilise cuttings and prevent track fouling.


    West Coast Main Line (Shap), Cumbria - Story Contracting / Network Rail. Embankment hydroseeding with geo-jute erosion control on active rail corridor.


    Carlisle West Coast Upgrade, Cumbria - Network Rail. Embankment stabilisation during major line upgrade.


    Preston Embankment Stabilisation, Lancashire - Network Rail. Rail embankment erosion control and seeding.


    Channel Rail Link (Sections 342, 420, 330, 310), Kent / London. Seeding multiple sections of the high-speed rail link.


    Manchester Metrolink Extension, Greater Manchester - Metrolink. Multi-phase conventional and wildflower seeding along light rail corridors with restricted access.


    Docklands Light Railway, London. Seeding along urban light rail infrastructure.


    Croydon Tramlink, London. Seeding for tram line corridor.


    Ffestiniog Light Railway, North Wales. Seeding along heritage railway.

  • Mine, Quarry & Land Reclamation Projects

    LANDFILL / WASTE SITES


    FCC Welbeck Landfill, Nottinghamshire - FCC Environmental. 60,000 m² conventional seeding to control soil wash-off before winter on active landfill restoration.


    Taddington, Derbyshire. Landfill restoration seeding.


    Scappa Wood. Landfill cap seeding.


    Sutton Courtney, Oxfordshire. Major landfill restoration.


    Bennetts Bank. Landfill cap seeding.


    Hermitage, Berkshire. Landfill restoration.


    Danes Moss, Cheshire. Landfill and peat restoration seeding.


    Red Moss, Lancashire. Landfill restoration.


    Hindley Green, Greater Manchester. Landfill seeding.


    Maw Green, Cheshire. Waste site restoration.


    Deerplay, Lancashire. Waste site restoration.


    Pilsworth, Greater Manchester. Major landfill restoration.


    Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Landfill restoration.

    Danes Hill. Landfill seeding.


    Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire. Landfill restoration.


    Bubbenhall, Warwickshire. Landfill restoration.

    Dunfermline Ash Lagoons, Fife, Scotland. 


    Industrial ash lagoon restoration and revegetation.


    QUARRIES


    Maw Green, Cheshire. Quarry restoration seeding.


    Pilsworth, Greater Manchester. Quarry and waste site restoration.


    Lackford, Suffolk. Quarry restoration.

    Attlebridge, Norfolk. Quarry restoration seeding.


    Llay, Wrexham, Wales. Quarry reclamation.


    Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Quarry restoration.


    Deerplay, Lancashire. Quarry restoration.


    WIND FARMS


    Clyde Wind Farm (North and South), South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Hydroseeding access tracks and turbine bases on upland terrain.


    Arran Wind Farm, Isle of Arran, Scotland. Wind farm restoration seeding.


    Hagshill Wind Farm. Wind farm site restoration.


    Moelogan Wind Farm, North Wales. Wind farm access track and platform restoration.


    Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm, Kent. Wind farm seeding.


    OTHER LAND RECLAMATION


    Burnt Island Reclamation Scheme, Fife, Scotland. Full land reclamation and revegetation.


    Allerton Bywater, West Yorkshire - Coal Authority. Former mining site reclamation seeding.


    Brecon Gas Pipeline, Brecon, Wales. Pipeline corridor reinstatement and seeding.


  • SUDS Ponds & Flood Management

    SUDS PONDS


    Roman Heights SUDS Pond, Cannock, Staffordshire - Housebuilder (via landscape contractor). Hydroseeded attenuation pond and surrounding slopes; full vegetation cover within 4 weeks using GroWeb organic mulch.


    FLOOD ALLEVIATION


    Bangor-on-Dee Flood Alleviation, Wrexham, Wales - Environment Agency. Post-flood-defence revegetation of river embankments.


    Carlisle Flood Alleviation, Cumbria - Environment Agency. Hydroseeding embankments after major flood defence works.


    Cheltenham Flood Alleviation, Gloucestershire - Environment Agency. Flood scheme revegetation.


    Lake Bala, Gwynedd, Wales - Environment Agency / NRW. Flood management and embankment seeding.


    Barnstaple Flood Alleviation, Devon - Environment Agency. Flood defence seeding.


    St Ives Flood Alleviation, Cambridgeshire - Environment Agency. Flood defence embankment revegetation.


    DAMS & RESERVOIRS


    Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire - United Utilities. Hydroseeding steep dam face to establish protective grass cover.


    Naden Dam, Greater Manchester - United Utilities. Hydroseeding steep dam face for erosion protection.


    Heaton Reservoir, Manchester - United Utilities. Revegetation of reservoir embankments using GroWeb organic mulch safe for drinking water catchment.


    Abberton Reservoir, Essex. Revegetation of reservoir banks after construction works.


    COASTAL & RIVER


    River Mersey Bank Stabilisation, Greater Manchester / Merseyside - Environment Agency. Riverbank erosion control and seeding.


    Hunstanton Sea Defences, Norfolk. Coastal defence revegetation.


    Luce Bay Cliff Stabilisation, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Coastal cliff erosion control and revegetation.

  • Steep Slopes & Erosion Control

    Machynlleth Bridge, Powys, Wales - Alun Griffiths (Tier 1). BFM erosion control on new road embankments in environmentally sensitive area.


    Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire - United Utilities. Hydroseeding near-vertical dam face with high-performance mulch.


    Naden Dam, Greater Manchester - United Utilities. Steep dam face hydroseeding for erosion protection.


    Heaton Reservoir, Manchester - United Utilities. Steep reservoir embankment revegetation.


    Shakespeare Cliff Erosion Control, Dover, Kent. Cliff face erosion control and revegetation.


    Luce Bay Cliff Stabilisation, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Coastal cliff stabilisation and seeding.


    Nefyn Landslip, Gwynedd, Wales. Landslip stabilisation and revegetation.


    Ironbridge Gorge (The Lloyds), Shropshire. Hydroseeding unstable slopes above the River Severn.


    Beckton Retaining Wall Greening, London. Hydroseeding near-vertical engineered walls for vegetation and visual integration.


    Liverpool FC Anfield Security Bund, Liverpool. Hydroseeding a counter-terrorism earth bund to a green, grassed finish.


    Preston Embankment Stabilisation, Lancashire - Network Rail. Steep rail embankment erosion control.


    West Coast Main Line (Shap), Cumbria - Story Contracting. Geo-jute and hydroseeding on steep rail embankment.


    Devils Dyke, Cambridgeshire. Erosion control on historic earthwork.

  • Residential & Commercial Development Solutions

    Murphy New Head Office, Golborne - Ground Control / Murphy. 10,000 m² conventional and wildflower seeding for new commercial HQ.


    Carden Park Private House, Cheshire - Private client. 1,000 m² conventional seeding on stony, debris-contaminated ground; rapid establishment.


    Roman Heights SUDS Pond, Cannock, Staffordshire - Housebuilder. SUDS pond and landscape hydroseeding within housing development.


    Pratts Bottom, Kent - Barratt Homes. Residential development seeding.


    I54 Business Park, Wolverhampton. Business park landscape establishment.


    Chadderton Industrial Estate, Oldham, Greater Manchester. Industrial estate seeding.


    Dartford FC Green Roof, Dartford, Kent. Green roof installation via hydroseeding.


    Battersea Park, London. Park landscape restoration.


    Millennium Dome, London. Landscape seeding for iconic development.


    Channel Tunnel, Kent. Seeding associated with tunnel portal and terminal areas.

    Tescos (Various). Retail development landscape seeding.


    Sainsburys (Various). Retail development seeding.


    Lidl (Various). Retail development seeding.

    United Utilities Water Treatment Works, Various, North West. Seeding across multiple utility sites.


    GOLF COURSES


    Carden Park, Cheshire. Golf course hydroseeding.


    Wisley, Surrey. Golf course seeding.

    Didsbury, Greater Manchester. Golf course seeding.


    Chadderton, Greater Manchester. Golf course seeding.


    Portmadog, Gwynedd, Wales. Golf course seeding.

Graded ground ready for landscaping, near a house with trees in the background.
Large, lorry mounted hydroseeder on a steep slope.
A green tractor tills soil in a field under a cloudy sky.
Hydroseeding on a housing development. Careful application of seed and mulch.
Green mesh-covered wall with vegetation, under a concrete bridge with a light blue sky.
Aerial view of a green earthwork sculpture resembling a reclining woman. Features terraced hills, water, and pathways.
Grassy field with small pond, trees, and houses under a clear, blue sky.
Wind turbine on a hill with a white truck; workers in the distance. Overcast sky, green landscape.
Several green and red tractors and tillers on a grassy area near a lake.
Rows of young trees in a field, protected by plastic tubes, under a cloudy sky.
Large field covered in dark soil, possibly compost, under a cloudy sky. Trees in the distance.
A quarry landscape featuring a steep cliff face, green field, and freshly tilled earth under a cloudy sky.
Water spraying onto brown dirt, possibly for dust control, in an outdoor area with a forest backdrop.
SUV pulling a trailer on a rocky road toward wind turbines on a grassy hilltop under a cloudy sky.
Construction worker in orange suit spraying water in a large earthen pit.
A green machine seeding a reddish-brown area next to a black fence and green field.
Wind turbine on a hill with a utility truck and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.
A person in orange watering a newly seeded lawn in front of a large brick house and trees.
Green netting covers a steep, dirt embankment. Bare trees and blue sky are in the background.
A green grassy hill leads to brick houses under a cloudy sky.
Airplane parked on the tarmac with a blue and white tail, other airport structures in the background.
Asphalt path curves through a park, past a bench on a green slope and colorful autumn foliage.
Muddy, flooded field with cloud reflections, red earth, and distant treeline under a blue sky.
A freshly seeded hillside covered in green, with trees in the background under a blue sky.
Man in hard hat and vest near truck on gravel site, inspecting container with bags.
Horse and rider jumping over a decorated fence at the Bolesworth Castle equestrian event.
A yellow railway maintenance machine spraying water on tracks. A worker stands on the machine. Green field in the background.
Red tractor-like machine seeding soil on a hillside. Operator in safety vest. Dirt, trees, and sky.
Level ground of soil, raked with curved lines, next to a stone patio. Trees in background, sunny day.
Grassy hillside with stone paths, young trees, and a road with a car.