Buy BNG Units
We have made purchasing Biodiversity Net Gain units much easier. You can now secure your BNG units from trusted UK habitat banks in less than 5 minutes.
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We believe buying BNG units should be simple and transparent. We are making units available in multiple LPAs and NCAs enabling you to discharge your requirements for BNG. All of our schemes are created to the highest ecological standards to ensure that the habitats thrive.
All of our schemes are secured using a Section 106 agreement or a Conservation Covenant. Our schemes have full management and monitoring plans so purchasing our credits means no further liability for the developer.
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How to buy online
BNG calculations
Your first step will be to calculate how many BNG units you require. This needs to be done by a registered ecologist. It is important to understand what biodiversity can be retained onsite to ensure compliance with the mitigation hierarchy. Our team can recommend suitable ecologists.
Secure your BNG units
Choose the habitat bank. Select your units. Pay £150 deposit to secure your allocation for 30 days. Sign the contract to progress the purchase.
Get building
Once contracts are signed, you will receive a document pack with further details on the scheme and next steps within 1-2 days. This will include a credit purchase certificate. This will also trigger the BNG unit allocation process. This can take up to 6 weeks, as per Natural England guidance. Once registered, you will be notified, and certificates will be issued, and you can include these in your planning application.
Buy high integrity BNG units.
We believe buying BNG units should be simple and transparent. We are making units available in multiple LPAs and NCAs enabling you to discharge your requirements for BNG. All of our schemes are created to the highest ecological standards to ensure that the habitats thrive.
We also work with local communities to establish lasting relationships to maximise the benefit for all. By electing to buy offsite BNG units, this can allow more flexible use of onsite greenspaces to be used for recreation and social activities, to enhance the community without having issues around access and activities like dog walking.
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Buy BNG Units with Confidence
Ensure your Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) investments are secure and hassle-free. Our BNG units are legally protected, meet the highest environmental standards, and come with no ongoing liabilities—giving you complete peace of mind while staying fully compliant with regulations.
Legally secured using a Section 106 Agreement
Highest environmental standards
No ongoing liability
Fully compliant with all regulations
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Overview of BNG for developers
In the UK, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) mandates that developers ensure their projects lead to a net increase in biodiversity. This increase is quantified through measures of habitat condition and distinctiveness. Typically, BNG is achieved by enhancing, restoring, or creating ecological habitats within or near to development sites. The Environment Act 2021 requires a minimum 10% increase in biodiversity post-development.
Implementing BNG effectively requires careful planning and ongoing monitoring to sustain biodiversity improvements over the long term. This approach not only contributes to the UK's broader environmental targets but also enhances ecological networks across the landscape, ensuring that new developments positively impact local biodiversity and ecosystem health.
The BNG Proximity Principle
The proximity principle in BNG prioritises enhancing biodiversity as close to the impact site as possible. For developers, this means the first preference should be to implement BNG measures directly on the development site, ensuring that local habitats and ecosystems benefit directly from the improvements. If onsite BNG is not feasible, the principle then guides developers to seek offsite opportunities nearby, either within the Local Planning Authority area or the National Character Area the development is within. This approach helps maintain ecological integrity and ecosystem services within the local community, ensuring that biodiversity enhancements are relevant and beneficial to the area most affected by the development. Adhering to the proximity principle helps minimise ecological impacts and promotes sustainable development practices.
The BNG spatial multiplier
The spatial multiplier in BNG is used to account for the distance between the impact site and the location of offsite biodiversity enhancements. For developers, this means that if BNG measures cannot be implemented onsite and must be done offsite, the further away the enhancement site is from the development, the higher the multiplier applied.
-Inside the LPA or National Character Area (NCA) = 1
-An adjacent LPA or NCA = 1 1/3rd
-Any other LPA or NCA = 2
For example, if you require 1 BNG unit for your site if you were purchasing this from a scheme in the adjacent LPA, you would be required to purchase 1 and 1/3rd units.
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BNG Units FAQ
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BNG unit costs vary by type, quality and distinctiveness. Availability, competition and demand will also play a part. We will always try to be the most competitive in the market and where possible will look to structure long-term buying agreements to minimise the costs for the developer.
Yes, fractional BNG units are available from all of our schemes.
No, only the government can sell Statutory BNG units. However they are priced to discourage their purchase and push developers to buying from local schemes.
Your ecologist will be able to confirm what sorts of BNG units you need to buy. They will do a baseline assessment on your development site, and the assist with developing plan to minimise your offsite BNG requirement.
It depends, if the habitat was deemed to have high distinctiveness then you will be required to replace it with a high distinctiveness unit.
You will need to submit both a baseline survey, an ecologists report on the planned impact of the site and details of how you can show the required 10% uplift in biodiversity, including any agreements with BNG schemes where you have purchased BNG units. This information will need to be submitted in a Gain Plan that shows how BNG requirements have been met.
Buy BNG Units
Buy BNG Units from one of our national network of habitat Banks. All are secured with Section 106 Agreements
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Our technical team can develop drainage plans ensuring best practice nutrient removal throughout.
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