County: Durham

Local Planning Authority (LPA): Durham

National Character Area (NCA): 14 Tyne and Wear Lowlands

Biodiversity Gain Site Register number: BGS-070725001

Neighbouring LPAs:

• Westmorland and Furness LPA

• Yorshire Dales National Park LPA

• North Yorkshire LPA

• Darlington LPA

• Stockton-on-Tees LPA

• Hartlepool LPA

• Sunderland LPA

• Gateshead LPA

• Northumberland LPA

Neighbouring NCAs:

• Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau

• Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe

• Tyne Gap and Hadrian’s Wall

• South East Northumberland Coastal Plain

Nettlesworth Habitat Bank offers high-integrity, nature-first Biodiversity Net Gain units, providing robust, local off-site BNG solutions for new developments in County Durham LPA and the Tyne and Wear Lowlands NCA.

Our approach blends natural regeneration, careful management and targeted planting, ensuring a resilient and thriving ecosystem is established and maintained for 30 years and beyond.

Purchasing units from this site offers a strong opportunity to showcase genuine support for nature recovery in the North East. The habitat bank expands the Daisy Hill Local Nature Site, managed by Durham Wildlife Trust and with public access built in, local communities will be able to experience and benefit from nature recovery first-hand.

Biodiversity units from Nettlesworth Habitat Bank can be used to deliver measurable ecological enhancements, helping developers meet statutory BNG requirements and planning obligations.