Tailored approach
You retain ownership of your land, we tailor your Habitat Bank to match your existing land income, and you keep any additional benefits from your business.
Landowners
We help landowners diversify their income through BNG and nature projects, creating flourishing habitats on their land. A trusted partner to landowners across England, we’re the nation’s leading Habitat Bank provider.
Long-term benefits
Restore habitats and secure a reliable income for 30 years. Lease or sell a parcel of land to Environment Bank and together we build land and business resilience for years to come.
Creating a Habitat Bank
New nature markets, such as BNG, are creating opportunities for landowners. As market leaders in BNG and nature-based solutions, we work with landowners and farmers nationwide to build a network of Habitat Banks.
To have the biggest impact on nature, we create Habitat Banks where biodiversity is low, often on land that is difficult to farm or has a history of intensive farming. We purchase or lease that land for at least thirty years, so our ecologists can work alongside the landowner to manage the new habitats until they are fully established.
Each Habitat Bank is tailored to its local landscape, introducing a variety of habitats including meadows, woodland, wetland and scrubland.
Cost, liability and demand
We cover the upfront cost of creating the Habitat Bank and take on the long-term liability for maintaining it across its lifetime. The complexity of setting one up and keeping it compliant sits with us, not the landowner.
Alongside lease payments, we pay landowners to help manage the habitats through sustainable farming activities such as livestock grazing and hay cutting, so the land’s primary use can remain agricultural. We secure funding for all thirty years of management payments in advance.
Options to suit your business
We can buy your land outright, bringing capital into your business, or you can lease it to us, or a combination of both, keeping it in your name and securing tax-efficient income for over 30 years.
Long-term security
We fund each Habitat Bank in advance for 30+ years to cover all costs and give landowners confidence in their tax-efficient lease and management payments.
Expert support
A dedicated ecologist and land manager will be there from the start as we help nature recover across your landscape – and we take full responsibility for BNG delivery.
Revenue share
When we hit the revenue target for your Habitat Bank, any additional revenue is shared 50/50 with you – ensuring you benefit fairly from the income generated by your land.
How to get started
Register your land parcel
Complete our simple form. We do an initial review of your options and provide a no-obligation quote for a Habitat Bank on your land.
We visit your land parcel
Next, we complete a full on-site ecology assessment and find an approach that can support your current land income streams.
Your tailored agreement signed
We create a management and lease payment schedule to suit you and we cover all your accounting and legal costs.
Habitat Bank creation begins
Once you’ve signed, we get to work and you’ll receive your first annual payment (or a lump sum upfront if you prefer).
Discover our landowner stories
Hear from our landowners and see why they chose to partner with Environment Bank. We’re proud of the relationships we’ve built with landowners nationwide, improving their land and providing a reliable source of long-term income.
Landowner BNG partnership: Ripon Habitat Bank
Like many other farmers, Tim and Hebe Easby were looking for an environmental scheme to complement their sustainable farm business…
Landowner BNG partner: Emberton Habitat Bank
Wood Farm is a working farm and family-run campsite situated to the south of Emberton in Milton Keynes. It…
Landowner BNG partner: Harrogate Habitat Bank
Located over 140 acres of mixed terrain across the rolling hills of North Yorkshire, family run farm High Braythorne collaborated…
Landowner BNG partner: Horwich Habitat Bank
Richard and John are part of a growing number of farmers integrating new environmental diversification schemes, like BNG Habitat Banks…
BNG Habitat Bank referral partnerships
We can give your agriculture associates access to the best BNG services. If you know landowners who might want to start their own BNG Habitat Banks, consider becoming an Environment Bank BNG business partner.
Frequently asked questions
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