About Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) for developments
Helping businesses leave their environments in a better place by at least 10%
Biodiversity Net Gain has been a legal requirement in the UK since 2024. This means that developers must leave the environment in a 10% measurably better state than before by not only retaining and reinstating, but creating extra habitats, hedgerows, or watercourses as part of the new development.
With just 53% of our natural wildlife and fauna left from before the industrial revolution, familiar sights like the hedgehog, dormouse or red squirrel are now rare. The turtle dove, once a commonly found bird in England, is the fastest declining bird species in the UK and on the brink of extinction following a 98% reduction in the last 40 years.
Ground Control has been creating and restoring habitats at our own nature recovery sites since 2021 in the form of woodland, scrub, ponds, hedgerows, and grassland.
Whether you need offsite BNG units, a biodiversity baseline survey, or habitat management plan, you are in safe hands with Ground Control.
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Case studies
Devana. A BNG habitat bank in South Cambridgeshire
A Section 106 approved habitat bank for BNG units
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Wildfell. A BNG habitat bank in North Essex
Creating habitats for Biodiversity Net Gain since 2021
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