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Developers face increasing pressure to balance growth with sustainability. Securing planning consent hinges on credible biodiversity plans yet achieving net gain on site is often impractical. Our expertise lies in identifying suitable offsite locations and structuring robust agreements to deliver long-term habitat creation and enhancement.
Through meticulous market analysis and an extensive landowner network, we identify suitable sites for habitat creation or enhancement. Our vast experience streamlines complex requirements, alleviating risks while delivering enduring environmental benefits.
Powering the zero-carbon transition for landowners and developers
Straightforward solutions during complex infrastructure projects
Investing sustainably doesn't mean sacrificing returns. Understand nature's economic value with expert guidance.
The Environment Act 2021 has received Royal Assent at a pivotal time while COP26 is coming to its conclusion. The huge public and parliamentary demand to improve our state of nature has resulted in the UK becoming the first country to set a legal target to halt species decline by 2030.
The Environment Act Becomes Law
biodiversity units transacted to date
habitat banks across England where we have facilitated their establishment
Roland Bull
Partner, Head of Rural Investment
Lisa Bulmer
Associate, Rural
Our client's vision is to create bigger, wilder, more connected landscapes across three counties in the UK. To achieve its goals, we offered our expertise and support in land search and acquisition, and strategic site selection.
Aiming to establish a biodiversity net gain scheme and identify opportunities to improve sustainable agricultural practices within the northern part of the Estate, as well as proposing opportunities to incorporate education services to benefit the local community.
Investment house Foresight Group asked us to acquire a Scottish estate, which they could manage as a planet positive enterprise. By harnessing the potential of emerging ecosystem markets, we outlined how the estate could pioneer new business models to finance nature recovery at scale.
When the Wildlife Trust sought to take on Cambridge’s largest country park, its challenge was securing an agreement that worked financially whilst also delivering great environmental outcomes. Our rare 360-degree view of ecology objectives and land deal structures helped them achieve both.
Delivering a 10% net gain in biodiversity during development will soon become law in England. However, a decade ago few developers were cost-effectively mitigating biodiversity loss and measuring the results. This project was one of the first to successfully secure a consent using biodiversity offsetting.
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Lower Valley Farm
Providing >1,000 biodiversity units* through an innovative landscape scale initiative for local developers to secure their offsite biodiversity gain requirements.
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