SHERWOOD HABITAT BANK
Blyth, Worksop
Local Planning Authority
Bassetlaw District Council
National Character Area
Sherwood
Sherwood Habitat Bank is near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, within the Sherwood National Character Area and Bassetlaw Local Planning Authority.
The site is being transformed from agricultural land into a mosaic of habitats, creating wildlife corridors between neighbouring estates and restoring parts of the land to historic uses.
Sherwood Habitat Bank delivers significant benefits to local biodiversity. The site will be directly managed long-term, ensuring high-quality habitats and effective stewardship.
Legally secured and registered with Natural England, Biodiversity Units at Sherwood Habitat Bank are available for immediate allocation - providing you with certainty around cost, compliance and programme.
Sherwood Habitat Bank Location
Sherwood Habitat Bank is located in:
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Sherwood National Character Area and
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Bassetlaw District Local Planning Authority
so is ideally located to provide Biodiversity Units for projects within those areas, along with areas of the following LPAs which are within the Sherwood NCA:
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Newark and Sherwood District LPA
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Mansfield LPA
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Ashfield District LPA
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Gedling LPA
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City of Nottingham LPA
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Broxtowe LPA
Where development sites fall within the above LPAs but outside of the Sherwood NCA, Sherwood is still a cost effective Habitat Bank, along with sites within the following neighbouring LPAs and NCAs:
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Rotherham LPA
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Doncaster LPA
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North Lincolnshire LPA
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West Linsey LPA
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Newark and Sherwood LPA
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Mansfield LPA
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Bolsover LPA
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Southern Magnesian Limestone NCA
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Humberhead Levels NCA
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Trent and Belvoir Vales NCA
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Trent Valley Washlands NCA
Biodiversity Units at Sherwood
Sherwood Habitat Bank has a range of medium and very high distinctiveness habitats available:
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Lowland meadow (very high)
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Other neutral grassland (medium)
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Mixed scrub (medium)
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Other woodland - mixed (medium)
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Hedgerows
AREA UNITS
Area Units Available
71.33
Area Habitat Types Available
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Lowland Meadow
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Other Neutral Grassland
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Mixed Scrub
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Other Woodland, Mixed
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Other Coniferous Woodland
HEDGEROW UNITS
Hedgerow Units Available
2.02
Hedgerow Habitat Types Available
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Native Hedgerow