Billingshield Farms, Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1NX

Landscape scale biodiversity net gain initiative generating approximately 303 biodiversity units.

• Overview

   

  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:

  • Wetland habitats of very high distinctiveness
  • Grassland habitats of medium and very high distinctiveness
  • Heathland and shrub habitats of high distinctiveness
  • Woodland habitats of high distinctiveness
  • Watercourse units of medium distinctiveness