Biodiversity is quantified using the Statutory Biodiversity Metric provided by Defra / Natural England. This tool calculates a site's baseline value in "biodiversity units" based on the size, distinctiveness, condition, and strategic significance of its habitats, and compares it against the post-development plans.

Any habitat created or enhanced to fulfil BNG commitments must be legally secured, managed, and monitored for a minimum of 30 years.

While on-site greenspaces are valuable, they are highly prone to urban degradation, domestic pet pressure, and fragmented management. Dedicating large portions of prime development land to 30-year habitat maintenance can severely restrict your developable area, alter your layout, and impact profit margins.

We offer a diverse and growing portfolio of high-quality, local units across our own Wild BNG Habitat Banks in Derbyshire, including:

• Area Habitats: Including modified grassland, neutral grassland, scrub, and woodland.

• Upcoming Diverse Units: As more of our dedicated sites go live, we are expanding our direct inventory to include Hedgerow units and Heathland units.

Our Brokering Service: Sourcing Beyond Our Sites

If your project requires specific unit types or tiers that are not currently available on our own land, Wild BNG provides a comprehensive brokering service. We leverage our trusted network to source compliant units from other high-quality habitat banks on your behalf.

This dual approach delivers three critical advantages for your project:

• Reduces Spatial Risk Multiplier (SRM) Costs: By keeping your BNG allocation as close to your development site as possible within Derbyshire, we help you avoid the steep financial penalties triggered by sourcing units outside the local area.

• Secures the Best Market Price: We utilize our industry network to negotiate and secure the additional units you need at highly competitive rates.

• Full Administrative Support: We handle the complex paperwork, tracking, and compliance documentation required to smoothly register the units and satisfy your Local Planning Authority (LPA).

The statutory metric enforces a trading rules system. High-value habitats lost on your site must be replaced with units of equal or higher ecological distinctiveness. Because Wild BNG operates strategically across multiple landscape-scale sites in Derbyshire, we can almost always match your specific unit profiles and satisfy the metric's spatial risk multipliers.

Yes. All our off-site BNG banks are officially approved, legally bound by section 106 agreements or conservation covenants, and registered on the Natural England Statutory Biodiversity BNG Register. This guarantees smooth approvals with local planning authorities (LPAs).

1. Initial Assessment: Your ecologist runs the baseline metric on your development site to find your exact unit shortfall.
2. Enquiry: Submit your metric results and location details via our Wild BNG Contact Form.
3. Allocation Match: Wild BNG checks our habitat banks to match your required unit types and provides a commercial quote.
4. Legal & Payment: We execute a formal allocation agreement. Upon payment, DWT issues a certificate of allocation and updates the National Register.
5. Planning Discharge: You submit the certificate to your LPA to discharge your BNG planning condition.

Yes. We offer flexible exclusivity and reservation agreements.

All Wild BNG quotes are valid for 60 days. After this period you will be contacted by a member of the team to discuss your planning application or create a requote if needed.

To secure units ahead of registration a 10% deposit is required. This allows you to legally secure the necessary units early in the design stage, providing certainty to planners and investors while you finalize your full application.

Don't let BNG delay your development pipeline. Contact the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Wild BNG team today to secure compliant local units, de-risk your project, and add genuine environmental value to Derbyshire.