BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN

Biodiversity enhancement and net gain are rising priorities for both business and society. We’re proud to offer a variety of ecosystem services across our UK sites that can help businesses BE nature positive.

WHAT IS BNG?

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is an approach to development and land management that will leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than before. As a result, BNG puts nature at the heart of planning by ensuring projects not only replace the biodiversity they are taking from the landscape but add a 10% net gain.

At Belmont, we provide BNG units that make a real difference.

Our units are generated from our rewilding project in North Somerset enabling regional business owners to meet new planning legislation in five South West LPAs and five NCAs.

As an early provider of BNG in the South West, our units are registered and ready to buy.

To learn more about Biodiversity Net Gain and our offering, read our BNG expert guide.

A BNG DEEp DIVE

EXPERT GUIDE

Our complete guide to purchasing BNG provides key information on providers, process and more.

BROCHURE

Read our brochure to learn more how our rewilding and rewetting project delivers high-integrity BNG units.

OUR PROCESS

If you are interested in purchasing BNG but do not know where to start follow our four step process.

team looking at maps

HABITAT unit TYPES

  1. We offer 12 different habitat units in one place.
  2. These range from lowland meadow, mixed scrub, woodland, hedgerow, priority pond, river units and more.
  3. We commit to monitoring the habitat for 30+ years, meaning our BNG units are 100% secure, 3rd party verified and risk-free. 

Rewilding project from above

Why offset offsite?

  1. Offsite BNG can have a higher level of ecological ambition, aiming for multi-layered, complex habitat creation which is often more ecologically viable. Learn more in our Onsite vs Offsite blog.
  2. An Offsite BNG partner with experience in restoring ecosystems will be better positioned to take on the management and liability for the full 30-year period increasing the integrity of the offset.
  3. Many offsite delivery sites such as our own, Watercress Farm provide plentiful opportunities for community access, wildlife volunteering and nature education.

Scrub and grassland habitat in rewilding project

LPA’s AND NCA’s

 

Our rewilding project, Watercress Farm is situated within:

North Somerset LPA
  1. We are adjacent to 4 other LPAs including Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Mendip and Sedgemoor LPAs (see map).
Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges NCA
  1. We are adjacent to 4 other NCAs including Somerset Levels and Moors, Mendip Hills, Cotswolds and Severn and Avon Vales (see map).

The BNG metric recognises proximity to development sites through a ‘Spatial Risk Multiplier‘. The closer the offset site is to the development, the fewer BNG units are required.


 

START YOUR BNG JOURNEY

Our units are available to purchase now for projects within five South West LPAs and five South West NCAs.

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