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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) units for sale

High integrity BNG units available now from Ground Control's offsite habitat banks

Purchase off-site biodiversity units

Developers can purchase biodiversity units off-site from Ground Control's award-winning habitat banks.

BNG is now mandatory in England under the Environment Act 2021. Ground Control's Section 106-approved, DEFRA Metric-compliant units allow developers and development works to fulfil their legal obligations by investing in our off-site habitat banks. 

BNG Units are available now for planning applications and immediate purchase. Unit types include: Woodland, Scrub, Ponds, Hedgerows, and Grassland.  

Our units are locally sourced to align with Local Planning Authorities (LPA) and Natural Character Areas (NCAs), reliably priced per unit, ensure long-term ecological benefits, and will compensate for biodiversity losses from development projects for at least 30 years.

Nature-based solutions to meeting mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements and leaving a positive environmental legacy.

Ground Control's approach to nature recovery includes

  • Connecting developers with Section 106-approved BNG units
  • Creating off-site habitat banks for developers to purchase when they cannot fulfillthe  mandatory 10% net gain onsite
  • Biodiversity Baseline Surveys
  • Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans (HMMP) with long-term establishment, management, and monitoring of on-site and off-site habitats
  • A BNG consultancy service to educate developers on what's needed to comply with BNG legislation

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Section 106 Units in Cambridgeshire

Ground Control's Devana Centre for Environmental Recovery is one of the first Habitat Banks in England to appear on the National Biodiversity Net Gain Sites Register. The site offers 207 Biodiversity (BNG) Units that are Section 106 approved and include: species-rich grassland, woodland creation, enhancement, and hedgerow planting, lakes and ponds

Habitat Units for Cambridge Investment Partnership

Cambridge Investment Partnership has acquired habitat units from the Ground Control Devana Centre for Environmental Recovery to support their Orchard Park development in Cambridge. The purchase of these units will help create 75 affordable homes that use green technology, such as air source heat pumps, and incorporates biodiverse green roofs. The units at Devana are Section 106 approved and the site is working with Natural Cambridgeshire’s ambition to double land managed for nature across the region.

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