Shipston-on-Stour Habitat Bank

County: Warwickshire
Local planning authority (LPA): Stratford-on-Avon District Council
National Character Area (NCA): Dunsmore and Feldon
Biodiversity gain sites register number: BGS-090426001

Birds-eye render of Cramlington Habitat Bank with habitats restored, including hedgerows, scrub, grassland, and trees.

Birds-eye render of Shipston-on-Stour Habitat Bank before restoration

High distinctiveness habitats

Species-rich native hedgerow with trees

Medium distinctiveness habitats

Mixed scrub
Other neutral grassland
Rural tree

Buy Biodiversity Units

Ready to purchase now, subject to availability.

Habitat Bank overview

With a stream running along its entire northern boundary, Shipston-on-Stour Habitat Bank covers fifteen acres of land where we’re creating a space perfect for native wildlife to thrive. This includes notable reptile and amphibian species, like grass snake and common toad, which will benefit from new habitats placed alongside the stream, Pig Brook, helping to connect the landscape.

BNG delivery

Across our network of Habitat Banks, our specialist team always evaluates the land from the outset to determine how we can best achieve our biodiversity gains. This includes assessment of our sites’ native wildlife and existing vegetation, management history, hydrology, geology, and its wider connectivity in the local area.

Using the statutory biodiversity metric, we take baselines for each of our Habitat Banks. We carefully consider and design the best habitats to establish in order to maximise our long-term biodiversity gains.

Neighbouring LPAs
West Oxfordshire District Council
Rugby Borough Council
Wychavon District Council
Cotswold District Council
West Northamptonshire Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Warwick District Council
Redditch Borough Council
Cherwell District Council
Bromsgrove District Council
Warwickshire County Council

Neighbouring NCAs
Leicestershire Vales
Arden
Severn and Avon Vales
Cotswolds
Northamptonshire Uplands

Our vision

Less than ten miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, our Shipston-on-Stour Habitat Bank has been designed by our team of ecologists to reflect Warwickshire’s historical natural landscape and complement the grassland restoration already underway on the surrounding farm.

Our work will be able to positively impact the local ecological network alongside Pig Brook and the neighbouring areas southwest of Shipton-on-Stour.

The Habitat Bank sits within a flood zone which sees localised flooding from the brook during periods of high rainfall. The changes our ecologists are making to the land – creating and enhancing valuable habitats – will help to improve the health of the soil, with the potential to make the land better able to store and manage water, making the space more resilient against flooding.

Local people will be able to witness the land transform over the next thirty years as they use the footpath running through the Habitat Bank.