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The Land Trust Biodiversity, Environment and Ecology Strategy
Case study - Biodiversity Net Gain
Wellesley
Woodlands
The objectives of Suitable Alternative Natural
Greenspace (SANG) and the Land Trust’s approach
to their management share many parallels with the
principles of Biodiversity Net Gain. Both initiatives
focus on ensuring that residential developments
do not negatively effect the local biodiversity. Our
experience with SANGs across the country, makes
us an ideal body to deal with the challenges of
biodiversity net gain.
The Land Trust’s site at Wellesley Woodlands, is
the largest SANG in the Country and forms part of
the 3,850 residential unit Wellesley development in
Hampshire.
A key challenge was the pre-commencement
planning conditions which stipulated a requirement
for an area of SANG being secured in perpetuity. This
was in order to offset any recreational impact the
development may have on the Thames Basin Heath
Special Protection Area.
By transferring the SANG to Land Trust, a long-
term management body approved by Natural
England, The developer was able to discharge these
conditions and commence the development.
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