Lower Valley Farm, Balsham Road, Cambridge CB21 5DA

Strategically located in the Cambridge Nature Network and buffering the Roman Road SSSI, this initiative will provide significant environmental benefits.

This is an active habitat bank, with habitat works already conducted and a comprehensive implementation and monitoring framework in place with Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, such that biodiversity units are available for immediate allocation.

The entire scheme will generate over 1,000 biodiversity units, alongside contributing to other ecosystem services including community access to nature, improved air and water quality and carbon sequestration.

A s106 agreement is in place to secure the delivery of BNG at this site. Habitat creation commenced in September 2022. To date over 65 biodiversity units have been sold. 

Developers can secure biodiversity units for the following habitat types:

• Grassland habitats of medium distinctiveness
• Heathland and shrub habitats of medium distinctiveness
• Woodland habitats of medium distinctiveness
• Hedgerow habitats

Location

The approx. 70 ha site is located approx. 5 miles to the southeast of Cambridge City and 2 miles south of Fulbourn, within South Cambridgeshire.