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

Birds-eye render of Kilby Habitat Bank before restoration

Biodiversity Units available:

Very high distinctiveness habitats

Lowland meadows

Medium distinctiveness habitats

Ponds (non-priority habitat)

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Habitat Bank overview

Our Kilby Habitat Bank lies within the rural southern outskirts of Leicester, around 12 km northwest of Market Harborough.

The site lies across 16 hectares of pasture fields, hedgerows, and trees – and we’re transforming this space into an incredible Habitat Bank.

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.

Biodiversity Units from this Habitat Bank are ready to purchase now, subject to availability. Provided alongside expert planning support, these Biodiversity Units offer an effective local off-site BNG solution for the Blaby District Council LPA and the Leicestershire Vales NCA.

Coverage

Adjacent LPAs	Adjacent NCAs
Leicester City Council	Arden
Rugby Borough Council	Charnwood
Harborough District Council	High Leicestershire
Charnwood Borough Council	Dunsmore and Feldon
Oadby and Wigston District Council	Mease/Sence Lowlands
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	Trent Valley Washlands
	Northamptonshire Vales
	Northamptonshire Uplands
	Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield

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), the Kilby Habitat Bank is strategically situated to compliment and provide functional links to important habitats in the surrounding area – improving connectivity across the landscape.