Woolley Downs Nature Recovery, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8NJ

Registered Biodiversity Net Gain site generating >225 biodiversity units for sale

• Overview

  Located within the West Berkshire Local Planning Authority and the Berkshire and Marlborough Downs National Character Area, this landscape-scale habitat restoration project is maximising environmental outcomes and contributing to local ecological priorities.

  Developers with off-site BNG requirements can contribute to the delivery of this scheme through the purchase of biodiversity units.

  This BNG site has a s106 agreement in place with West Berkshire and has been accepted onto the Biodiversity Gain Sites Register (site number: BGS-290825001).

• Developers can secure biodiversity units for the following habitat types:

  • Lowland calcareous grassland of high distinctiveness
  • Lowland mixed deciduous woodland of high distinctiveness
  • Grassland of medium distinctiveness
  • Heathland and shrub of medium distinctiveness
  • Hedgerow of medium distinctiveness