By Sarah Wood | 16th April 2026 A new nature recovery site in the north Cotswolds – the first in Gloucestershire to be funded through biodiversity net gain payments from developers – has officially been launched by the Gloucestershire Nature and Climate Fund (GNCF). It is the first of a suite of offsite…
GNCF was created by the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership – LNPs all over the country have coalesced in the new all parliamentary party group to support nature recovery in the face of difficult environmental policy changes. Thanks to Matt Whitney, secretariat for the new APPG, Matthew Stanton and Logan Walker at BBOWT for the film.
The Gloucestershire Nature and Climate Fund is not currently in a position to provide sales of less than 1 biodiversity unit, due to the associated legal and administration costs for landowners and broker. Once BNG policy is more embedded in LPA practice and sales procedures are more straight forward, we hope to be able to…
Do you need to buy BNG units? If you have to spend the money anyway – make sure you’re buying units that are doing some good💡 4 good reasons to buy BNG units through GNCF: 1. We’re a not-for-profit. No investors and no shareholders to pay back Any money we make, surplus to business running…
Are you an ecologist or planning consultant working on the metric for a Biodiversity Net Gain project? Find out below the No.1 mistake in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) reports, according to GNCF. What is the No.1 mistake in BNG reports? Our answer: not taking into account the BNG trading rules. On top of the intensity…
Biodiversity net gain is a new and untested policy. While a few counties have been running a local net gain policy for several years, the new biodiversity metric and rules will bring challenges that can only be worked out in collaboration. Local Planning Authorities in Gloucestershire, landowners, Natural England, Defra and developers need to work…