Our national BNG network

We’ve turned thousands of acres of low-biodiversity land into Habitat Banks designed for nature recovery. With England’s largest and fastest growing network of BNG Habitat Banks, we can provide off-site Biodiversity Units to developers nationwide.

Explore our network

North East

Cramlington Habitat Bank

County: Northumberland

LPA:: Northumberland County Council
NCA:: South East Northumberland Coastal Plain

Heighington Habitat Bank

County: Durham

LPA:: Darlington Borough Council
NCA:: Tees Lowlands

Bingfield Habitat Bank

County: Northumberland

LPA:: Northumberland County Council
NCA:: Mid Northumberland

Hartlepool Habitat Bank

County: Durham

LPA:: Hartlepool Borough Council
NCA:: Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau

Upcoming

Lanchester Habitat Bank

County: Durham

LPA:: Durham County Council
NCA:: Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe

North West

Cockermouth Habitat Bank

County: Cumbria

LPA:: Cumberland Council
NCA:: West Cumbria Coastal Plain

Ellesmere Port Habitat Bank

County: Cheshire

LPA:: Cheshire West and Chester Council
NCA:: Mersey Valley

Chester Habitat Bank

County: Cheshire

LPA:: Cheshire West and Chester Council
NCA:: Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain

Shaw Habitat Bank

County: Greater Manchester

LPA:: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
NCA:: Southern Pennines

Hoscar Habitat Bank

County: Lancashire

LPA:: West Lancashire Borough Council
NCA:: Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

Horwich Habitat Bank

County: Greater Manchester

LPA:: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
NCA:: Southern Pennines

Newhey Habitat Bank

County: Greater Manchester

LPA:: Rochdale Borough Council
NCA:: Southern Pennines

Upcoming

Whitworth Habitat Bank

County: Lancashire

LPA:: Rossendale Borough Council
NCA:: Southern Pennines

Upcoming

Garstang Habitat Bank

County: Lancashire

LPA:: Wyre Borough Council
NCA:: Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

Yorkshire & Humber

Keighley Habitat Bank

County: West Yorkshire

LPA:: Bradford Metropolitan District Council
NCA:: Southern Pennines

Whitby Habitat Bank

County: North Yorkshire

LPA:: North Yorkshire Council
NCA:: North York Moors and Cleveland Hills

Ripon Habitat Bank

County: North Yorkshire

LPA:: North Yorkshire Council
NCA:: Pennine Dales Fringe

Harrogate Habitat Bank

County: North Yorkshire

LPA:: North Yorkshire Council
NCA:: Pennine Dales Fringe

Bolsterstone Habitat Bank

County: South Yorkshire

LPA:: Sheffield City Council
NCA:: Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

Filey Habitat Bank

County: North Yorkshire

LPA:: North Yorkshire Council
NCA:: Vale of Pickering

Upcoming

Hooton Pagnell Habitat Bank

County: South Yorkshire

LPA:: Doncaster City Council
NCA:: Southern Magnesian Limestone

Upcoming

Barnsley Habitat Bank

County: South Yorkshire

LPA:: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
NCA:: Nottingham, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield

East Midlands

Thrapston Habitat Bank

County: Northamptonshire

LPA:: North Northamptonshire Council
NCA:: Northamptonshire Vales

Corby Habitat Bank

County: Northamptonshire

LPA:: North Northamptonshire Council
NCA:: Rockingham Forest

Birds-eye render of Corby Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including meadows, hedgerow, ponds, ditches, scrub, grassland, broadleaved woodland, and rural trees

Biodiversity Units:

Ditches
Line of trees
Lowland meadows
Mixed scrub
Modified grassland
Native hedgerow
Native hedgerow — associated with bank or ditch
Other neutral grassland
Other rivers and streams
Other woodland; broadleaved
Ponds (non-priority habitat)
Rural tree
Species-rich native hedgerow — associated with bank or ditch
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees — associated with bank or ditch

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Greatworth Habitat Bank

County: Northamptonshire

LPA:: West Northamptonshire Council
NCA:: Northamptonshire Uplands

Newton Harcourt Habitat Bank

County: Leicestershire

LPA:: Harborough District Council
NCA:: Leicestershire Vales

Kilby Habitat Bank

County: Leicestershire

LPA:: Blaby District Council
NCA:: Leicestershire Vales

Minting Habitat Bank

County: Lincolnshire

LPA:: East Lindsey District Council
NCA:: Central Lincolnshire Vale

Upcoming

Weston-on-Trent Habitat Bank

County: Derbyshire

LPA:: South Derbyshire District Council
NCA:: Trent Valley Washlands

Upcoming

Melbourne Habitat Bank

County: Derbyshire

LPA:: South Derbyshire District Council
NCA:: Melbourne Parklands

West Midlands

Stretton-on-Fosse Habitat Bank

County: Warwickshire

LPA:: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
NCA:: Cotswolds

Shipston-on-Stour Habitat Bank

County: Warwickshire

LPA:: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
NCA:: Dunsmore and Feldon

Eccleshall Habitat Bank

County: Staffordshire

LPA:: Stafford Borough Council
NCA:: Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain

Birds-eye render of Eccleshall Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including meadows, deciduous woodland, rivers, streams, ponds, species-rich hedgerow, orchards, wet woodland, bramble scrub, mixed scrub, neutral grassland, broadleaved woodland, and rural trees

Biodiversity Units:

Bramble scrub
Ditches
Ecologically valuable line of trees
Lowland meadows
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland
Mixed scrub
Other neutral grassland
Other rivers and streams
Other woodland; broadleaved
Ponds (priority habitat)
Rural tree
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees
Traditional orchards

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Wigmore Habitat Bank

County: Herefordshire

LPA:: Herefordshire Council
NCA:: Clun and North West Herefordshire Hills

Winnington Habitat Bank

County: Shropshire

LPA:: Shropshire Council
NCA:: Shropshire Hills

Ludlow Habitat Bank

County: Shropshire

LPA:: Shropshire Council
NCA:: Shropshire Hills

Martley Habitat Bank

County: Worcestershire

LPA:: Malvern Hills District Council
NCA:: Severn and Avon Vales

Upcoming

Uttoxeter Habitat Bank

County: Staffordshire

LPA:: East Staffordshire Borough Council
NCA:: Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands

Upcoming

Biddulph Habitat Bank

County: Staffordshire

LPA:: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
NCA:: Potteries and Churnet Valley

East of England

Tiptree Habitat Bank

County: Essex

LPA:: Colchester City Council
NCA:: Northern Thames Basin

Heybridge Habitat Bank

County: Essex

LPA:: Maldon District Council
NCA:: Northern Thames Basin

Dunstable Habitat Bank

County: Bedfordshire

LPA:: Central Bedfordshire Council
NCA:: Chilterns

Coney Weston Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: West Suffolk Council
NCA:: The Brecks

Dereham Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: Breckland Council
NCA:: Mid Norfolk

Snettisham Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
NCA:: The Fens

Dersingham Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
NCA:: North West Norfolk

Heacham Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
NCA:: The Fens

Wymondham Habitat Bank

County: Norfolk

LPA:: South Norfolk District Council
NCA:: South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands

Birds-eye render of Wymondham Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including new orchards, meadows, scrub, grassland, ponds, and broadleaved woodland

Biodiversity Units:

Ditches
Fens (upland and lowland)
Lowland meadows
Mixed scrub
Modified grassland
Other neutral grassland
Other rivers and streams
Other woodland; broadleaved
Ponds (non-priority habitat)
Ponds (priority habitat)
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees
Traditional orchards

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Upcoming

Sawtry Habitat Bank

County: Cambridgeshire

LPA:: Huntingdonshire District Council
NCA:: Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands

Upcoming

Bassingbourn Habitat Bank

County: Cambridgeshire

LPA:: South Cambridgeshire District Council
NCA:: East Anglian Chalk

Upcoming

Wheathampstead Habitat Bank

County: Hertfordshire

LPA:: St Albans City and District Council
NCA:: Chilterns

London & South East

Chesham Habitat Bank

County: Buckinghamshire

LPA:: Buckinghamshire Council
NCA:: Chilterns

Whitchurch Habitat Bank

County: Hampshire

LPA:: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
NCA:: Hampshire Downs

Chiddingfold Habitat Bank

County: Surrey

LPA:: Waverley Borough Council
NCA:: Low Weald

Hastingleigh Habitat Bank

County: Kent

LPA:: Ashford Borough Council
NCA:: North Downs

Ardingly Habitat Bank

County: West Sussex

LPA:: Mid Sussex District Council
NCA:: High Weald

Emberton Habitat Bank

County: Buckinghamshire

LPA:: Milton Keynes City Council
NCA:: Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands

Blackboys Habitat Bank

County: East Sussex

LPA:: Wealden District Council
NCA:: High Weald

Cornwell Habitat Bank

County: Oxfordshire

LPA:: West Oxfordshire District Council
NCA:: Cotswolds

Upcoming

Churt Habitat Bank

County: Surrey

LPA:: Waverley Borough Council
NCA:: Wealden Greensand

Upcoming

Aylesford Habitat Bank

County: Kent

LPA:: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
NCA:: Wealden Greensand

Upcoming

Horsham Habitat Bank

County: West Sussex

LPA:: Horsham District Council
NCA:: Low Weald

Upcoming

West Horsley Habitat Bank

County: Surrey

LPA:: Guildford Borough Council
NCA:: Thames Basin Lowlands

Upcoming

Lenham Habitat Bank

County: Kent

LPA:: Maidstone Borough Council
NCA:: North Downs

Upcoming

Botley Habitat Bank

County: Hampshire

LPA:: Eastleigh Borough Council
NCA:: South Hampshire Lowlands

South West

Marston Meysey Habitat Bank

County: Wiltshire

LPA:: Wiltshire Council
NCA:: Upper Thames Clay Vales

Honiton Habitat Bank

County: Devon

LPA:: East Devon District Council
NCA:: Blackdowns

Stonehouse Habitat Bank

County: Gloucestershire

LPA:: Stroud District Council
NCA:: Severn and Avon Vales

Highworth Habitat Bank

County: Wiltshire

LPA:: Swindon Borough Council
NCA:: Upper Thames Clay Vales

Mawgan Habitat Bank

County: Cornwall

LPA:: Cornwall Council
NCA:: The Lizard

Puddington Habitat Bank

County: Devon

LPA:: Mid Devon District Council
NCA:: The Culm

Witchampton Habitat Bank

County: Dorset

LPA:: Dorset Council
NCA:: Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase

Chippenham Habitat Bank

County: Wiltshire

LPA:: Wiltshire Council
NCA:: Avon Vales

Birds-eye render of Chippenham Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including new meadows, hedgerow, trees, ditches, ponds, rivers, scrub, culvert, and broadleaved woodland

Biodiversity Units:

Culvert
Ditches
Lowland meadows
Mixed scrub
Modified grassland
Other neutral grassland
Other rivers and streams
Other woodland; broadleaved
Ponds (priority habitat)
Rural tree
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees — associated with bank or ditch

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Buy off-site Biodiversity Units

We have the largest network of BNG Habitat Banks and offer local Biodiversity Units across England. Complete our simple form to get a quote for off-site Biodiversity Units for your development.

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BNG coverage for your development pipeline

We launch new Habitat Banks every year to provide the best Biodiversity Unit coverage in England.

Tell us about your project pipeline and our next BNG site could be local to your development.

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Render of Horwich Habitat Bank with habitats restored, showing lush meadows and ponds with Manchester city skyline in the background

Help grow our network

We work with farmers and landowners to create agricultural Habitat Banks on their land.

If you have a parcel of land that could help expand our network, we want to partner with you.

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Render of Witchampton Habitat Bank with habitats restored, showing stunning wildflower meadow surrounded by trees