Looking to
buy or sell
biodiversity credits
What is it?
The Environment Bill aims to nationally mandate a 10% biodiversity net gain on development sites.
When it comes to site developments, planning policy encourages developers and land managers to leave the biodiversity of the site in a better state than it was before. Historically, this has been assessed using solely professional judgement. However, local planning authorities (LPAs) are increasingly asking for projects to demonstrate biodiversity net gain clearly, transparently and quantitatively using a biodiversity metric.
We thrive at accounting for biodiversity on your site, however sometimes either a 10% just cannot be achieved onsite or it does not work financially. In these occasions the only approach left is to secure your gain away from your site.
At Ecology by Design we can offer a complete solution for securing gain on site or taking you through the process of securing credits off site. We offer a solution from start to finish leaving nothing unaccounted for and we work with you to ensure the best balance of biodiversity net gain and financial investment.
How does the scheme work:
Developer
Seeking to secure an onsite
or offsite biodiversity net gain
Offset Provider
seeking to sell biodiversity credits to buyers
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We can provide a complete turn key solution for either an offset provider looking to sell credits to developers or we can work with developers to offset the biodiversity impact on one of our partner offset provider sites.
Through an established network of partners we can provide a solution for you including but not limited to:
Establishing the biodiversity value of your site
Mitigating for impacts on biodiversity through advising on site design
calculating the loss or gain in biodiversity value from your development
identifying a landowner with a suitable land holding where any biodiversity loss can be offset
Negotiating the value of an offset and agreeing contracts
Creation or management of habitats for the offset
Auditing the offset to ensure the units are delivered
financial management of the offset agreement