Corby Habitat Bank

County: Northamptonshire
Local planning authority (LPA): North Northamptonshire Council
National Character Area (NCA): Rockingham Forest

Birds-eye render of Corby Habitat Bank before restoration

Very high distinctiveness habitats

Lowland meadows
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees — associated with bank or ditch

High distinctiveness habitats

Other rivers and streams
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees
Species-rich native hedgerow — associated with bank or ditch

Medium distinctiveness habitats

Ditches
Mixed scrub
Native hedgerow — associated with bank or ditch
Other neutral grassland
Other woodland; broadleaved
Ponds (non-priority habitat)
Rural tree

Low distinctiveness habitats

Line of trees
Modified grassland
Native hedgerow

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Habitat Bank overview

Corby Habitat Bank is a 155-acre nature recovery site we launched in April 2026 that’s been carefully designed to support the objectives of the North Northamptonshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS).

This Habitat Bank is home to species-rich grassland meadows bound by hedgerows, trees, scrub, and woodland – providing habitat corridors for a range of wildlife species living in the nearby ancient woodlands. It also includes ponds and ditches to help species of invertebrates to thrive.

BNG delivery

At every Habitat Bank, we always look at the land to determine what can be achieved from the very start. Our biodiversity experts assess the soil, wildlife, vegetation, geology, hydrology, management history, and connectivity across the local landscape.

We take a baseline for each Habitat Bank using the statutory biodiversity metric. We carefully select the best possible habitats for us to establish so we can deliver and demonstrate measurable biodiversity gains over time.

Neighbouring LPAs
Huntingdonshire District Council
South Kesteven District Council
West Northamptonshire Council
Milton Keynes City Council
Bedford Borough Council
Rutland County Council
Peterborough City Council
Harborough District Council

Neighbouring NCAs
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands
Northamptonshire Vales
Kesteven Uplands
High Leicestershire

Our vision

Corby Habitat Bank neighbours Wadenhoe Little Wood, an ancient, replanted woodland of high biodiversity importance. It also sits within reach of Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow SSSI, Banhaw, Spring and Blackthorn’s Woods SSSI and Titchmarch Local Nature Reserve (LNR).

Woodland and scrub creation is a key part of the North Northamptonshire LNRS. Along with complimentary habitats such as scrub and hedgerow, this new woodland will support a variety of wildlife species including woodcock, nightingale, brown hare, skylark, and white-letter hairstreak butterfly.

We hope to vastly improve the soil quality and increase all-important flood mitigation through our meadow and grassland creation here, and we also aim to also support the wildlife living in the stream running alongside the Habitat Bank.

As a public right of way that runs from the southeast of the Habitat Bank and heads north, we’re excited that the local community and travelling walkers will be able to share in the nature that flourishes here.