BNG Pricing Reportby Biodiversity Units UK
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  3. Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau
Wirral, no habitat banks yetSouthern Lincolnshire Edge, no habitat banks yetTrent and Belvoir Vales, 4 habitat banksLincolnshire Coast and Marshes, 1 habitat bankDerbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent, 2 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 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 banksMease/Sence Lowlands, no habitat banks yetPotteries and Churnet Valley, 1 habitat bankClun and North West Herefordshire Hills, 1 habitat bankNorthamptonshire Uplands, 1 habitat bankSevern and Avon Vales, 8 habitat banksNorthern Thames Basin, 11 habitat banksMid Norfolk, 3 habitat banksThe Brecks, 1 habitat bankSouth Suffolk and North Essex Clayland, 6 habitat banksEast Anglian Chalk, 4 habitat banksBedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands, 12 habitat banksCotswolds, 11 habitat banksSouthern Magnesian Limestone, 4 habitat banksLincolnshire 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 yetShropshire Hills, 2 habitat banksCharnwood, no habitat banks yetMalvern Hills, no habitat banks yetUpper Thames Clay Vales, 13 habitat banksBedfordshire Greensand Ridge, 2 habitat banksYardley-Whittlewood Ridge, no habitat banks yetThe Fens, 4 habitat banksMelbourne Parklands, 1 habitat bankSherwood, 3 habitat banksHigh Leicestershire, no habitat banks yetTeme Valley, 1 habitat bankBlack Mountains and Golden Valley, no habitat banks yetYorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe, 2 habitat banksNottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield, 12 habitat banksDark Peak, no habitat banks yetWhite Peak, 2 habitat banksMerseyside Conurbation, no habitat banks yetHerefordshire Plateau, 1 habitat bankOswestry Uplands, no habitat banks yetCannock Chase and Cank Wood, 5 habitat banksNeedwood and South Derbyshire Claylands, 1 habitat bankTrent Valley Washlands, 3 habitat banksForest of Dean and Lower Wye, 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 banksLeicestershire Vales, 3 habitat banksDunsmore 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 banksMid Severn Sandstone Plateau, 0 habitat banks

No habitat banks sell units inside Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau. Buy next door in Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain, Severn and Avon Vales or Cannock Chase and Cank Wood and you need a third more units. Green: registered habitat banks, placed to within about 7 km.

Prices from the wider area

With no local listings, we pool the character areas around Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau. Where that is still too thin, we use the region or England.

Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau rangeWider area range †England rangeMost common price

From the wider area

Per area unit
Other Neutral GrasslandMedium distinctiveness
£18,500 to £23,500Most common £21,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 14 banks
Wood Pasture and ParklandVery high distinctiveness
£22,500 to £29,500Most common £24,500† England, 5 banks
Traditional OrchardsHigh distinctiveness
£21,000 to £30,000Most common £25,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 8 banks
Floodplain Wetland MosaicHigh distinctiveness
£22,000 to £40,000Most common £25,000† England, 17 banks
Heathland and ShrubMedium distinctiveness
£22,500 to £30,000Most common £26,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 15 banks
Individual TreesMedium distinctiveness
£25,500 to £29,500Most common £26,500† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 5 banks
Lowland MeadowsVery high distinctiveness
£30,000 to £31,000Most common £30,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 6 banks
Mixed Deciduous WoodlandHigh distinctiveness
£30,000 to £49,000Most common £32,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 4 banks
Woodland and ForestMedium distinctiveness
£34,000 to £36,000Most common £34,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 7 banks
Calcareous GrasslandHigh distinctiveness
£35,000 to £45,000Most common £37,500† England, 12 banks
Wet WoodlandHigh distinctiveness
£29,000 to £43,500Most common £40,000† Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau and neighbours, 4 banks
Open MosaicHigh distinctiveness
£34,500 to £40,000Most common £40,000† England, 6 banks
Lakes and ponds (non-priority)Medium distinctiveness
£40,000 to £54,000Most common £51,000† England, 40 banks

† Fewer than three banks list this habitat in Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau, so the range comes from the area named. Bank and supplier names are never shown. Per unit, before any multiplier, + VAT. From platform listings and quotes to 26 October 2026.

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What buying further away costs

Units from outside Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau are discounted by the spatial risk multiplier, so you need more of them. Pick a habitat and your units.

A neighbouring areaMultiplier 0.75
£112,0005.33 units at £21,000
Further awayMultiplier 0.5
£188,0008 units at £23,500

Cost of the units you needCost of the extra units

Habitat

4 units of Other Neutral Grassland cost about £112,000 from a neighbouring area, and about £188,000 from further away.

Mid Severn Sandstone PlateauNo habitat banks sell units inside Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau, so every unit here comes with the multiplier.

Most common prices in Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau, its neighbours and West Midlands, + VAT, November 2026.

Where Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau developers bought units

Most units for sites in Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau were bought in a neighbouring area.

Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau18 allocations
England3,269 allocations

Inside the area, 1×Neighbouring, 1.33×Further away, 2×

Natural England register, allocations to 23 October 2026, by the development's area.

How grassland prices have moved

Other Neutral Grassland in the North is down 16% since February 2024.

£27,825Feb 2024£23,500Oct 2026
North of England, including the Midlands, one off-site unit, + VAT. BNG Pricing Report, November 2026.

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Grassland keeps getting cheaper

£23,500

a unit of Other Neutral Grassland in the North, down 16% from £27,825 in February 2024

£27,825Feb 2024£23,500Oct 2026

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

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Indicative market estimates based on delivery within the NCA or LPA, from our latest quarterly BNG Pricing Report. Supplier prices can vary. Where local supply is limited, out-of-area delivery may apply, which could affect pricing through the spatial risk multiplier. Units are subject to availability. Habitats in your area may be in demand, so we recommend reserving units early. Prices as of 26 October 2026, per unit, + VAT.© 2026 Biodiversity Units UK