BNG Pricing Reportby Biodiversity Units UK

BNG unit prices inyour area.

Typical prices for habitats, hedgerows and watercourses near your site, from nearly 10,000 BNG data points. Updated November 2026.

Map of England by National Character Area. Green hexagons hold registered habitat banks. Hover an area for local context, or search by postcode.Northumberland Sandstone Hills, 1 habitat bankCheviot Fringe, 1 habitat bankBorder Moors and Forests, 1 habitat bankSolway Basin, no habitat banks yetWest Cumbria Coastal Plain, 2 habitat banksCumbria High Fells, no habitat banks yetEden Valley, 1 habitat bankNorth Pennines, 2 habitat banksTyne Gap and Hadrian's Wall, 1 habitat bankSouth East Northumberland Coastal Plain, 4 habitat banksTyne and Wear Lowlands, 2 habitat banksDurham Magnesian Limestone Plateau, 2 habitat banksDurham Coalfield Pennine Fringe, 8 habitat banksSouth Cumbria Low Fells, no habitat banks yetMorecambe Bay Limestones, 1 habitat bankYorkshire Dales, 3 habitat banksPennine Dales Fringe, 5 habitat banksTees Lowlands, 11 habitat banksVale of Mowbray, 1 habitat bankNorth York Moors and Cleveland Hills, 3 habitat banksVale of Pickering, 1 habitat bankYorkshire Wolds, 1 habitat bankWirral, no habitat banks yetVale of York, 3 habitat banksSouthern Lincolnshire Edge, no habitat banks yetTrent and Belvoir Vales, 4 habitat banksHumber Estuary, no habitat banks yetLincolnshire Coast and Marshes, 1 habitat bankExmoor, 3 habitat banksVale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes, 5 habitat banksBlackdowns, 5 habitat banksDevon Redlands, 2 habitat banksThe Culm, 1 habitat bankDerbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent, 2 habitat banksHensbarrow, no habitat banks yetManchester Pennine Fringe, 3 habitat banksCheshire Sandstone Ridge, no habitat banks yetSouth West Peak, 4 habitat banksMersey Valley, 5 habitat banksShropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain, 18 habitat banksNorth Norfolk Coast, 1 habitat bankWest Penwith, no habitat banks yetThe Lizard, 1 habitat bankIsles of Scilly, 1 habitat bankNorth East Norfolk and Flegg, no habitat banks yetThe Broads, 2 habitat banksGreater Thames Estuary, 3 habitat banksSuffolk Coast and Heaths, 2 habitat banksSouth Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands, 5 habitat banksLundy, no habitat banks yetMease/Sence Lowlands, no habitat banks yetPotteries and Churnet Valley, 1 habitat bankClun and North West Herefordshire Hills, 1 habitat bankLancashire Coal Measures, 2 habitat banksDartmoor, 2 habitat banksNorthamptonshire Uplands, 1 habitat bankSevern and Avon Vales, 8 habitat banksNorthern Thames Basin, 11 habitat banksInner London, no habitat banks yetNorth Kent Plain, 4 habitat banksThames Valley, 3 habitat banksSouth Downs, 6 habitat banksBristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges, 7 habitat banksNorth Downs, 4 habitat banksWealden Greensand, 5 habitat banksLow Weald, 14 habitat banksHigh Weald, 10 habitat banksRomney Marshes, no habitat banks yetSouth Coast Plain, 3 habitat banksIsle of Wight, 5 habitat banksNew Forest, 2 habitat banksSomerset Levels and Moors, 1 habitat bankMid Somerset Hills, 2 habitat banksMid Norfolk, 3 habitat banksSefton Coast, no habitat banks yetNorth Northumberland Coastal Plain, 2 habitat banksSouth Devon, 6 habitat banksCornish Killas, 2 habitat banksThe Brecks, 1 habitat bankSouth Suffolk and North Essex Clayland, 6 habitat banksEast Anglian Chalk, 4 habitat banksBedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands, 12 habitat banksSouth Hampshire Lowlands, 1 habitat bankBowland Fells, no habitat banks yetDorset Heaths, no habitat banks yetCotswolds, 11 habitat banksSouthern Magnesian Limestone, 4 habitat banksMorecambe Coast and Lune Estuary, no habitat banks yetLancashire and Amounderness Plain, 3 habitat banksBowland Fringe and Pendle Hill, 1 habitat bankLincolnshire Wolds, 3 habitat banksCentral Lincolnshire Vale, 2 habitat banksNorthern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands, no habitat banks yetHumberhead Levels, 5 habitat banksLeicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, no habitat banks yetMid Severn Sandstone Plateau, no habitat banks yetShropshire Hills, 2 habitat banksCharnwood, no habitat banks yetCarnmenellis, no habitat banks yetManchester Conurbation, 1 habitat bankMalvern Hills, no habitat banks yetUpper Thames Clay Vales, 13 habitat banksIsle of Porland, no habitat banks yetWeymouth Lowlands, no habitat banks yetSouth Purbeck, no habitat banks yetBodmin Moor, 2 habitat banksBedfordshire Greensand Ridge, 2 habitat banksYardley-Whittlewood Ridge, no habitat banks yetThe Fens, 4 habitat banksHowgill Fells, no habitat banks yetMelbourne Parklands, 1 habitat bankSherwood, 3 habitat banksHigh Leicestershire, no habitat banks yetBerkshire and Marlborough Downs, 3 habitat banksQuantock Hills, no habitat banks yetTeme Valley, 1 habitat bankBlack Mountains and Golden Valley, no habitat banks yetCheviots, no habitat banks yetMid Northumberland, 3 habitat banksOrton Fells, 1 habitat bankHowardian Hills, no habitat banks yetLancashire Valleys, 3 habitat banksSouthern Pennines, 7 habitat banksYorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe, 2 habitat banksNottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield, 12 habitat banksHolderness, 1 habitat bankDark Peak, no habitat banks yetWhite Peak, 2 habitat banksMerseyside Conurbation, no habitat banks yetAvon Vales, 3 habitat banksHerefordshire Plateau, 1 habitat bankHampshire Downs, 5 habitat banksOswestry Uplands, no habitat banks yetCannock Chase and Cank Wood, 5 habitat banksNeedwood and South Derbyshire Claylands, 1 habitat bankTrent Valley Washlands, 3 habitat banksSalisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs, 3 habitat banksForest of Dean and Lower Wye, no habitat banks yetMarshwood and Powerstock Vales, no habitat banks yetLeicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds, 1 habitat bankKesteven Uplands, 3 habitat banksNorth West Norfolk, 3 habitat banksCentral North Norfolk, 1 habitat bankNorthamptonshire Vales, 2 habitat banksRockingham Forest, 3 habitat banksPevensey Levels, no habitat banks yetLeicestershire Vales, 3 habitat banksMendip Hills, 1 habitat bankDunsmore and Feldon, 4 habitat banksArden, 4 habitat banksHerefordshire Lowlands, 1 habitat bankSouth Herefordshire and Over Severn, no habitat banks yetMidvale Ridge, 1 habitat bankChilterns, 12 habitat banksThames Basin Lowlands, 2 habitat banksThames Basin Heaths, 1 habitat bankBlackmore Vale and Vale of Wardour, 2 habitat banksDorset Downs and Cranborne Chase, 4 habitat banksYeovil Scarplands, 2 habitat banks

What a unit costs in England

Typical prices per unit across England. Prices near your site can sit well above or below these.

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Area habitats

Per area unit
Other Neutral GrasslandMedium distinctiveness
£19,000 to £23,500Most common £22,000
Heathland and ShrubMedium distinctiveness
£22,500 to £29,500Most common £25,000
Lowland MeadowsVery high distinctiveness
£24,000 to £30,000Most common £27,000
Individual TreesMedium distinctiveness
£26,000 to £35,500Most common £30,000
Woodland and ForestMedium distinctiveness
£28,000 to £36,000Most common £34,000

Hedgerows

Per hedgerow unit
Medium distinctiveness
£22,500 to £28,000Most common £25,000
High distinctiveness
£23,500 to £28,000Most common £26,000

Watercourses

Per watercourse unit
DitchesMedium distinctiveness
£74,000 to £95,500Most common £90,000
River (Priority)Very high distinctiveness
£90,000 to £162,000Most common £90,000
Other Rivers and StreamsHigh distinctiveness
£125,500 to £164,000Most common £139,500

Coloured bar: the typical price range per unit. Dark line: the most common price. Grey line: the spread across the group. England, + VAT, from platform listings and quotes to 26 October 2026.

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Where you buy changes what you pay

Units from outside your LPA or NCA are discounted by the spatial risk multiplier. Pick a habitat and your units to see what that costs.

Inside your LPA or NCANo multiplier
£88,0004 units
Neighbouring LPA or NCAMultiplier 0.75
£117,3005.33 units
Further awayMultiplier 0.5
£176,0008 units

Cost of the units you needCost of the extra units

Habitat

At £22,000 a unit, buying further away could add about £88,000 to the bill.

Q3 202635% of allocations were bought inside the development's own LPA or NCA.

Cost uses the most common England price for the habitat, + VAT, November 2026. Local prices vary. Allocations: Natural England register, to 23 October 2026.

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Grassland keeps getting cheaper

£23,500

a unit of Other Neutral Grassland in the South, down 19% from £28,875 in February 2024

£28,875Feb 2024£23,500Oct 2026

South of England, one off-site unit, + VAT. BNG Pricing Report, November 2026.

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