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Hoscar Habitat Bank

County
Lancashire
Local planning authority (LPA)
West Lancashire Borough Council
National Character Area (NCA)
Lancashire and Amounderness Plain
Biodiversity gain sites register number
BGS-101024003
Birds-eye render of Hoscar Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including new woodland, meadows, and grassland
Birds-eye render of Hoscar Habitat Bank before restoration

Biodiversity Units

Very high distinctiveness habitats

  • Lowland meadows

High distinctiveness habitats

  • Wet woodland

Medium distinctiveness habitats

  • Other neutral grassland
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Habitat Bank overview

Our Hoscar Habitat Bank covers almost fifty acres of land in rural West Lancashire. There, we are creating rich wildflower grasslands and enhancing the wet woodland.

The site has been used for arable farming since the 1950s, and we’re now excited to return it to its historic landscape.

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 Hoscar Habitat Bank offer an effective local off-site BNG solution for the West Lancashire Borough Council LPA area and the Lancashire and Amounderness Plain NCA. They also provide adjacent coverage to the LPAs and NCAs listed below. 
Neighbouring LPAs
Fylde Borough Council
South Ribble Borough Council
Sefton Council
Chorley Borough Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Neighbouring NCAs
Lancashire Valleys
Lancashire Coal Measures
Sefton Coast
Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary
Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill
Merseyside Conurbation

Our vision

The site is strategically located in close proximity to Martin Mere Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site, designated for its populations of wintering wildfowl and wading birds. We’re really excited for the Habitat Bank to provide shelter for a range of wildlife, including wintering and breeding birds. 

Public footpaths are present along the north and west boundary of the site, and this means that the local community will be able to witness as the Habitat Bank develops over the years. It’s fantastic that people living nearby will get to experience the beauty and rich diversity of such an incredible green space as it thrives on their doorstep.

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