Habitat Bank Creation for Landowners  

Lease marginal land to create biodiverse habitats for developers. We offer the best deals for landowners on habitat banking and bespoke habitat creation schemes.

  • Diversify your income. Put marginal land to good use by generating instant profits whilst retaining ownership of your land.

  • Enjoy high returns. Unlike many competitors, Biofarm’s market leading offer provides landowners with an attractive profit share.

  • Flexible approaches. As well as creating habitat banks (credits), we offer bespoke habitat creation for developers (units).

How our habitat banking scheme works

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation requires new developments in England to provide a minimum 10% net gain in biodiversity.

This obligation for developers is an opportunity for landowners and farmers to diversify and create income by meeting the needs of the scheme. We can work with you to achieve this in two ways.

01

Habitat bank credits

Lease portions of land to Biofarm and we will undertake habitat bank creation, developing a biodiverse habitat to meet BNG. Once the land meets its biodiversity requirements, it is sold to developers as BNG credits.

02

Bespoke habitat units (BNG units)

This is our most popular model. In this scenario, you lease land to us and we bring it to market as BNG units. These units are then used to create bespoke habitats in response to developers’ requirements.
In both cases, we create the habitats and manage the land for you over a 30-year period (unless you have an interest in managing the land).

All you have to do is lease the land to us as habitat units or credits and enjoy the profits.

We can discuss the merits of either approach with you in detail.

Why Biofarm’s habitat bank creation and BNG units offer the best returns on the market

While some schemes will provide landowners with a relatively low rent for 30 years, Biofarm pays the landowners the agricultural value of the land AND splits net profits with you. This is more lucrative, fair and transparent than other models.

In many ways, it’s as if you’re selling your land for a significant profit – while retaining ownership of your asset.

Get free advice

Our team includes leading UK ecologists and environmentalists, and experts in UK property. We would be delighted to offer free, no-obligation advice to landowners enquiring about our habitat bank creation and BNG unit schemes.