England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules have just become simpler, but developers still need to check three things before assuming they are exempt from the rules. Read our simple guide to help you plan effectively.

Minor development can now choose off-site BNG units in the first instance. This is helpful if the features of your site make it difficult to create units and it avoids a long term challenge with on-site BNG.

A few months after we launched, we asked users of the platform how they were estimating off-site BNG unit costs before they found the tool. The answers were telling.

For property developers managing a pipeline of sites, biodiversity net gain (BNG) costs are unpredictable, and getting hold of the costs is complicated.‍ Just how can you easily budget for your BNG obligation?

If you're working on a project that needs BNG off-site, your client will want a budget number - and getting that number credibly, quickly, without spending hours on research, isn't always easy.

That’s where our BNG Price Calculator comes in.

We're moving to 48 LNRS zones - Local Nature Recovery Strategies. Think Berkshire. Think the Yorkshire Dales. Bigger, more intuitive than the current system. On the face of it, that sounds like good news for habitat banks - a larger catchment area to trade in, and in some ways it is. But there's a more nuanced picture underneath.

We headed to UKREiiF - and came back energised. The event felt bigger and busier than ever. Inside or outside the venue, the atmosphere was excellent, and from a BNG perspective, two things stood out…

A functioning market iterates and improves over time, and a lot of what's been put forward by the government is good common sense.

Here's what's changing...

We visited Nattergal, one of the UK's most ecologically ambitious habitat banks. It was a day that reinforced exactly why we believe the biodiversity net gain market is heading somewhere genuinely significant…

Following last week’s Government announcements on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), we wanted to take a moment to digest the detail and share a perspective focused on what this means for the market - particularly for developers and habitat banks.

We've launched the Planners for BNG Directory - England's first public directory of planning consultants who have successfully navigated BNG projects.

On March 25th we hosted our first monthly Lunch & Learn: "How to Buy BNG at the Right Price". Over 120 attendees and the best part was the questions - which were incisive and wide ranging.

We recently helped a client reduce their Biodiversity Net Gain expected costs from £6 million to £4 million. Not by cutting corners or reducing their biodiversity obligations - but by questioning the assumptions in their ecological report and finding more practical solutions within the BNG framework.

Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain comes into force for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) on May 2026. These projects routinely cross multiple Local Planning Authority boundaries and Natural Character Areas - which creates three clear commercial challenges.

It has become apparent that many people approaching the BNG purchase process for the first time are unclear on what it entails, and the prices they can expect to pay. So we've decided to do something about it - every month.

We wanted to reflect on where the industry had come in the last year - so we canvassed our colleagues across the industry and gathered their perspectives. They make for fantastic reading,

What's quite interesting in our data is that these small sites make up maybe 30% of the leads coming into our business, but only 8% of the actual total unit sales. That's because they're all such small amounts.

In this short video, Jen Stott, Operations Manager at Biodiversity Units UK, walks through the Biodiversity Gain Plan template section by section and explains how to complete it in a way that satisfies your local planning authority and clearly demonstrates your 10 percent net gain.

In this short explainer, Jen from Biodiversity Units UK breaks down what a Biodiversity Gain Plan (BGP) is, why it’s required for planning applications, and what developers need to include to demonstrate their 10% Biodiversity Net Gain. Whether you’re an ecologist, planner, or developer, this video gives you a clear overview of how the BGP ties together your baseline data, metric calculations, and habitat enhancements.

Our October 2025 BNG Pricing Report contains anonymous data from 95 habitat banks across England, plus a new feature: live data from the Natural England Register thanks to Natural Asset Partners.