Biodiversity Net gain income

for farmers and landowners

Lease the land to us

The leasehold value is based on a market valuation. We recommend you seek your own legal representative,

We enhance the BNG value

We will create a baseline BNG assessment as well as a future potential assessment. from this, we will create a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP).

We cover all costs

Legals, surveys, implementation, marketing and sales costs are covered by us.

We manage the land or pay you to manage it

The implementation (stewardship) of the HMMP is undertaken either by us or yourself. If you decide to take on the Stewardship you will be paid to do this.

We register the land for BNG

We must register your site with Natual England in order to sell the BNG Units.

We sell the units to developers

Our extensive network within the planning and development industry as well as access to multiple sales platforms allows us to sell promptly and at the best price possible.

It depends on where your land is and what the existing habitat is, but on average landowners can earn up to £20,000 per Biodiversity Unit (sometimes also known as a 'BNG Unit'). A Biodiversity Unit is essentially an area of habitat, and it is calculated using a metric that takes into account the size of the habitat, its quality and location.

Land that is used for BNG will need to be managed for nature for a minimum period of 30 years. This timescale is necessary for a natural habitat to begin to fully establish and for species to recover. From a landowner point of view, it can seem like a long time to tie up land, but conversely the benefits of this are that it provides a secure, predictable income from a piece of land over a long period of time. It can be a good option for a piece of land that it not particularly valuable or productive.

If this time period is too long for you, we do offer an upfront payment scheme.

Land that is enrolled in other environmental schemes can also be used for BNG in some circumstances. Government guidelines state that you can sell BNG units and nutrient credits from the same piece of land by stacking them. You cannot sell a habitat enhancement funded by an agri-environment scheme as a BNG unit. However, you can use the same land to create further habitat enhancements on top of an existing agri-environment agreement.