Biodiversity Net Gain

Statutory Habitat Delivery Under Long-Term Governance

Wildwood Grove is structured to deliver Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) within a secured 30-year conservation covenant framework.

Habitat creation and enhancement are governed, monitored and legally enforceable.

BNG delivery is treated as long-term environmental infrastructure.

Statutory Framework

Biodiversity Net Gain operates under national legislation requiring measurable biodiversity uplift secured for a minimum of 30 years.

Wildwood Grove aligns with this statutory framework through:

• Baseline ecological assessment
• Defra metric-based habitat calculation
• Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP)
• Registered conservation covenant

Delivery is structured to meet statutory compliance standards.

Governance & Permanence

BNG units are secured through:

• Legally binding conservation covenant
• Defined management prescriptions
• Monitoring and reporting commitments
• Financial provision for long-term stewardship

Obligations extend for the full covenant term.

Liability and delivery responsibility are explicitly defined.

Habitat Creation Approach

Habitat uplift is informed by:

• Baseline ecological survey
• Site hydrology and soil characteristics
• Landscape context
• Long-term management viability

Habitat creation is integrated with broader land regeneration rather than imposed as isolated units.

Enhancement follows ecological logic, not short-term optimisation.

Monitoring & Verification

BNG delivery includes:

• Defined condition targets
• Monitoring intervals
• Evidence documentation
• Adaptive management where required

Compliance is measured and reportable.

BNG is not treated as a transactional offset mechanism, but as a governed ecological obligation.

Risk & Delivery Discipline

Wildwood Grove adopts a conservative approach to:

• Unit forecasting
• Long-term management costs
• Covenant durability
• Regulatory compliance

Whole-life delivery responsibility is priced and structured in advance.

Permanence is operational, not rhetorical.

Position Within the Wider Site

BNG operates as one layer within:

• A governance-secured landscape
• A longitudinal ecological observatory
• A professionally managed environmental platform

It does not replace or override broader ecological process.

It sits within it.