Register your land parcel
Complete our simple form. We do an initial review of your options and provide a no-obligation quote for a Habitat Bank on your land.
BNG Habitat Banks
We take parcels of land and restore the habitats that have been lost, helping nature to recover. Working in partnership with local landowners, our expert ecologists create Habitat Banks, spaces specifically designed to increase biodiversity.
What we’re doing
To have the biggest impact on nature, we’re creating Habitat Banks where biodiversity is low, often on land that’s difficult to farm or has a history of intensive farming.
With a national team of highly qualified biodiversity experts and land specialists, we’ve been creating impactful Habitat Banks around the country – and we’re already seeing biodiversity increase.
We lease land for at least 30 years so our ecologists can work alongside the landowner to manage the new habitats until they’re fully established. We tailor each Habitat Bank to support the local landscape, introducing a variety of habitats – including meadows, woodland, wetland, scrubland, and so much more.
Working with landowners
By partnering with us to create a Habitat Bank, landowners can make their land richer in nature and gain a reliable source of additional income for years to come. We cover all the costs and provide support throughout.
Along with lease payments, we pay our landowners to help manage the Habitat Banks using sustainable farming activities like livestock grazing and hay cutting so the primary use of the land can remain agricultural.
Once creation works are complete, we secure funding in advance to cover all thirty years of habitat management payments to give our partners confidence in their new income stream.
How to get started
We visit your land parcel
Next, we complete a full on-site ecology assessment and find an approach that can support your current land income streams.
Your tailored agreement signed
We create a management and lease payment schedule to suit you and we cover all your accounting and legal costs.
Habitat Bank creation begins
Once you’ve signed, we get to work! Enjoy a welcome bonus with your first annual payment (or a lump sum if you prefer).
Discover our landowner stories
Hear from our landowners and see why they chose to partner with Environment Bank. We’re proud of the relationships we’ve built with landowners nationwide, improving their land and providing a reliable source of long-term income.
Landowner BNG partnership: Ripon Habitat Bank
Like many other farmers, Tim and Hebe Easby were looking for an environmental scheme to complement their sustainable farm business…
Landowner BNG partner: Emberton Habitat Bank
Wood Farm is a working farm and family-run campsite situated to the south of Emberton in Milton Keynes. It…
Landowner BNG partner: Harrogate Habitat Bank
Located over 140 acres of mixed terrain across the rolling hills of North Yorkshire, family run farm High Braythorne collaborated…
Landowner BNG partner: Horwich Habitat Bank
Richard and John are part of a growing number of farmers integrating new environmental diversification schemes, like BNG Habitat Banks…
Explore our BNG network
Across the country, we’ve been creating Habitat Banks to restore lost biodiversity. Discover England’s largest and fastest growing network of BNG Habitat Banks where we work in partnership with landowners to help nature recover.
BNG referral partnerships
We can give your agriculture associates access to the best BNG services. If you know landowners who might want to start their own BNG Habitat Banks, consider becoming an Environment Bank BNG business partner.
Frequently asked questions
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