Need off-site units to satisfy your development’s Biodiversity Net Gain requirements? We deliver legally secured BNG units, backed by robust habitat restoration projects – helping smooth the planning process for your build.
Managed habitats at Narracombe and Tidwell for South West developments.
We’re legally responsible for maintaining the habitat for the full period.
Maximum benefit available for developments in our Natural Character Area.
Fast quote turnaround time to keep your planning application moving.
Positive collaborations
We understand that as a developer, you’re up against complex and varied challenges. As your biodiversity partner, we can make at least one part of the process easier. By delivering your off-site BNG units, we take care of your ecological obligations, leaving you free to make your development project a success.
Planning-ready documentation
We put everything in place for your Biodiversity Gain Plan, enabling you to slide confidently through the planning process.
Faster compliance
Our off-site units are a quicker route to meeting your development’s natural habitat obligations than complex on-site solutions.
Confidence and certainty
Every unit we offer is robustly planned, legally watertight and transparently priced, with no hidden liability for you.
Low risk
We provide high-integrity, fully documented biodiversity units, with a legal commitment for 30-year management.
Owning the chain
Owning the responsibility
Calculate your exact shortfall
Your ecologist calculates your baseline and identifies your exact biodiversity unit shortfall.
Match your units to our own land
We don’t broker or lease land. We match your shortfall directly to units within habitat banks fully in our own hands, and issue a free quote.
Secure the legal agreements
We provide your allocation certificates and take care of the contracts in collaboration with our specialist solicitor partners.
Submit your planning ready documents
You receive a complete, rigorous documentation pack ready to submit to your Local Planning Authority for swift approval.
Deliver through in-house management
We take full responsibility for the 30-year habitat delivery. From groundworks to annual monitoring reports, it’s all handled right here by us.
A trusted biodiversity partner
Knowing the landscape
We’re fully invested
Integrity is everything
How BNG works
What is BNG?
BNG stands for Biodiversity Net Gain. Any development in England is required by law to deliver a BNG of 10% to support the natural environment. It means that developers must enhance or add to natural habitats to improve biodiversity.
Required by law for all major and minor developments in England under the Environment Act 2021.
(Source: UK Government / Environment Act 2021)
On-site vs off-site
In the first instance, developers should deliver BNG by enhancing biodiversity within the site of the project. If it’s not possible to achieve BNG on-site, it can be fully or partially arranged on other land, including through the process of buying managed units. That’s where we come in.
comes from constrained development sites under 1 hectare in size.
(Source: University of Oxford, "Early outcomes of England’s new biodiversity offset market," July 2025)
Why location matters
While you can buy BNG units anywhere in the country, it’s more cost-efficient for them to be nearer your development. The government puts more weight on biodiversity projects in or near the same Natural Character Area. We currently operate nature restoration sites in Devon, so building developments here will benefit the most from our BNG units.
Developers buying units outside their neighbouring National Character Area must purchase twice as many units to meet their target.
(Source: DEFRA Statutory Biodiversity Metric Guidance / Intelligent Build Tech)
What we deliver
We understand that navigating statutory metrics, spatial multipliers, and 30-year obligations can be complex. Here are the answers to the questions developers ask us most.
We aim to issue all quotes within 5 working days. To speed things up, share your ecologist's metric alongside your enquiry.
Your ecologist will need to baseline your site to confirm your shortfall. If you don't yet have one, we can point you in the right direction – just get in touch.
As early as possible. Ideally at the point you know your shortfall or BNG requirement, so unit availability and costs can inform your planning strategy from the start.
Yes. We can supply units to developments outside of our local character areas, though spatial multipliers may apply, meaning you may need more units to achieve your required gain. We'll explain this clearly in your quote.
As the landowner, we have a vested long-term interest in the success of every site. We are legally bound through our Section 106 agreement to maintain the habitat for the full 30-year period, with LPA monitoring in place throughout. Any improvements required are our responsibility – not yours. This is a key distinction from on-site delivery, where a developer retains their own 30-year obligation even after disposal.
We maintain and manage the habitat bank to achieve the targeted habitat score as outlined in the Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP). Annual monitoring is carried out with reports submitted to the LPA to demonstrate ongoing compliance.
Absolutely. We're happy to work alongside your existing legal representatives and local planning authority, and can provide the documentation they need at each stage of the process.
We can recommend trusted contacts who can carry out your baseline survey and metric calculation. Just let us know where you are in the process and we'll help point you in the right direction.