Newton Harcourt Habitat Bank
LPA:
Harborough District Council
NCA: Leicestershire Vales
NCA: Leicestershire Vales
Kilby Habitat Bank
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local planning authority (LPA)
- Blaby District Council
- National Character Area (NCA)
- Leicestershire Vales
- Biodiversity gain sites register number
- BGS-251024001
Biodiversity Units
Very high distinctiveness habitats
- Lowland meadows
Medium distinctiveness habitats
- Ponds (non-priority habitat)
Habitat Bank overview
Our Kilby Habitat Bank lies within the rural southern outskirts of Leicester, around eight miles northwest of Market Harborough.
The site lies across forty acres of pasture fields, hedgerows, and trees – and we’re transforming this space into an incredible Habitat Bank.
BNG delivery
An essential part of our Habitat Bank delivery process is the initial assessment of the land. This ensures that our team are maximising potential biodiversity uplift from the outset. We look at each site’s natural features and histories – taking into account soil type and condition, long-term management history, native wildlife, hydrology, existing vegetation, geology, and connectivity across wider landscapes.
For each of our Habitat Banks, we take a baseline using the statutory biodiversity metric – ensuring that we can accurately measure the benefits brought by our nature restoration works over our thirty-year management period.
Coverage
Biodiversity Units from Kilby Habitat Bank offer an effective local off-site BNG solution for the Blaby District Council LPA area and the Leicestershire Vales NCA. They also provide adjacent coverage to the LPAs and NCAs listed below.
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Rugby Borough Council
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Charnwood Borough Council
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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
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Leicester City Council
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Harborough District Council
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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
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Leicestershire County Council
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| Neighbouring NCAs |
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Northamptonshire Uplands
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Charnwood
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Mease/Sence Lowlands
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Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield
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Dunsmore and Feldon
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Northamptonshire Vales
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Trent Valley Washlands
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High Leicestershire
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Arden
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Our vision
We are creating a beautiful area of wildflower grassland and floodplain meadow, revitalising the quality of the soil by reducing phosphorus levels to increase wildflower diversity across the grassland.
The grasslands will be managed as traditional hay meadows to benefit a diverse range of wildlife – with a series of shallow ponds and scrapes incorporated for amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, and wading birds by making use of naturally damp hollows.
With a meandering river providing a natural boundary to the site’s northern edge, and the site’s location close to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Kilby Habitat Bank is strategically situated to compliment and provide functional links to important habitats in the surrounding area – improving connectivity across the landscape.
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