Biodiversity units for sale
Billingshield Farms Habitat Bank, DL13 1NX
POA
Local Planning Authorities
County Durham
National Character Areas
North Pennines
Landscape scale biodiversity net gain initiative in Durham generating over 300 biodiversity units for sale.
Located in County Durham and within the Swinhope Burn river catchment, this scheme will restore riparian habitats and enhance moorland, meadow, heath and woodland habitats into a high quality biodiverse landscape.
The legal agreement for this habitat bank is in place. The biodiversity gain sites register reference is BGS-220425003.
Catchments:
- Swinhope Burn from Source to Wear waterbody catchment
- Wear Upper operational catchment
Developers can secure biodiversity units for the following habitat types:
- Wetlands of very high distinctiveness
- Grassland of medium and very high distinctiveness
- Heathland and shrub of high distinctiveness
- Wet woodland of high distinctiveness
- Line of trees of medium distinctiveness
- Other rivers and streams of high distinctiveness
Location
The 180 ha site is located approx. 6.5 miles southwest of Stanhope, within the County Durham LPA area.
Local Planning Authorities
County Durham
National Character Areas
North Pennines