New habitat bank secured in Amber Valley
Wild Solutions has opened a second habitat bank in the heart of the Amber Valley. The 83-acre site, known as Common Farm, will now be rewilded to create a mosaic of habitats, with the resulting Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) available for purchase now.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust ahead of the game as major planning permission law rings in
Following a delay to the original deadline in November 2023, Biodiversity Net-Gain becomes mandatory today (12 February 2024). In order to gain planning permission, developers are now required by law to deliver a minimum of 10% net-gain in biodiversity with newly created or enhanced habitats secured, for at least 30 years, on all new sites.
The first BNG habitat bank in Derbyshire with a Section 106 agreement opens in Chesterfield.
Wild Whittington, located 5km north of Chesterfield City Centre, has just become the first habitat bank in Derbyshire to be secured with a Section 106 agreement with the local planning authority (LPA), Chesterfield Borough Council.
The site is owned by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and managed by Wild Solutions, the trust’s in-house ecological consultancy and ecosystem services provider.