Biodiversity Gain Sites, which are more commonly referred to as 'habitat banks', are an important part of the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) system.
A habitat bank is an area of land where a program of habitat creation and/or enhancement has achieved an uplift in biodiversity value - measured in 'biodiversity units'. When developers cannot meet their 10% BNG obligation on-site and do not have their own land outside the development to meet it, they may buy these ‘biodiversity units’ from habitat banks.
Habitat Banks in Hertsmere
The first Habitat Bank in Hertsmere at Bentley Heath is up and running while two other are in the preliminary stages of being set up.
