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Whitby Habitat Bank

County
North Yorkshire
Local planning authority (LPA)
North Yorkshire Council
National Character Area (NCA)
North York Moors and Cleveland Hills
Biodiversity gain sites register number
BGS-010425001
Birds-eye render of Whitby Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including new meadows, scrub, and ponds
Birds-eye render of Whitby Habitat Bank before restoration

Biodiversity Units

Very high distinctiveness habitats

  • Lowland meadows

High distinctiveness habitats

  • Ponds (priority habitat)

Medium distinctiveness habitats

  • Mixed scrub
  • Other neutral grassland
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Habitat Bank overview

Located within the more urban outskirts of Whitby, our Habitat Bank covers nearly forty acres of land around the village of Ruswarp.

The site lies within the floodplain of the River Esk and we’re transforming the existing grazed fields into a haven for native wildlife.

BNG delivery

At each of our Habitat Banks, our team assesses the land at the very start to maximise our biodiversity uplift. During this process we look at the site’s existing wildlife and vegetation, geological features, hydrology, extended management history, and its wider connectivity in the region.  

Then, using the statutory biodiversity metric, we take a baseline for each Habitat Bank. Our team carefully considers the land and decides on the best possible habitats that will deliver and demonstrate resilient and adaptable biodiversity gains over our thirty-year management period.  

Coverage

Biodiversity Units from Whitby Habitat Bank offer an effective local off-site BNG solution for the North Yorkshire Council LPA area and the North York Moors and Cleveland Hills NCA. They also provide adjacent coverage to the LPAs and NCAs listed below. 
Neighbouring LPAs
Middlesborough Council
York City Council
Pendle Borough Council
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
North York Moors National Park Authority
Darlington Borough Council
Durham County Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Lancaster City Council
Leeds City Council
Doncaster City Council
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Lancashire County Council
Neighbouring NCAs
Vale of Mowbray
Tees Lowlands
Vale of Pickering
Howardian Hills

Our vision

Over the coming years, we’ll be extending the rich mosaic of habitats to increase species diversity and abundance and enhance the landscape. This will include an expanse of stunning wildflower meadows, native mixed scrub and ponds. 

Habitats like these are notable as a home for breeding and wintering birds, so the management and monitoring of our Whitby Habitat Bank will be supporting several bird species of special conservation status  – which is particularly exciting for us. Local species also include seals, water voles, otters, bats, eels, and salmon.

Render of Whitby Habitat Bank with habitats restored, showing biodiverse field with wetland and scrub being grazed by a small herd of cattle beside a river with local town in the background and wildlife like birds and dragonflies above

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