Civity NGE
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| Private Company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Environmental Services |
| Founded 📆 | 2022 |
| Founder 👔 | |
Areas served 🗺️ | London |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 10-20 |
| 🌐 Website | civitynge.com |
| 📇 Address | 3a Orbis Wharf, Bridges Court Road |
| 📞 telephone | 0208 050 6076 |
Civity is a pioneering service that bridges the gap between landowners and developers, tackling developers' biodiversity offset needs. By fostering connections among stakeholders or tapping into its own landbank, Civity efficiently addresses these requirements. With its extensive experience in both the development and ecology sectors, Civity is uniquely positioned to oversee the entire process, ensuring successful outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.[1]
Overview
Starting February 12, 2024, the Environment Act mandates developers to exhibit a Biodiversity Net Gain of a minimum of 10%, indicating increased biodiversity on developed land compared to its original state. Project approval depends on meeting this criterion, assessed by a qualified ecologist. The landbank stores Biodiversity Units, allowing developers to offset any unavoidable on-site impacts. This also benefits landowners financially and assists local planning authorities in biodiversity consultation. The primary aim is environmental conservation, with Civity, an ecological company, playing a crucial role in preserving land for wildlife and human benefit.
Importance
The increasing UK population strains developers, land managers, and wildlife habitats, affecting daily life and ecological balance. The government intervenes to halt the decline and actively constructs, restores, and maintains habitats to protect the environment for future generations. Biodiversity Offsets consolidate resources for well-planned habitat projects, aligning with biodiversity net gain strategies and local nature recovery plans. This aims to create larger, interconnected ecological networks for wildlife, enhancing habitat connectivity, biodiversity, and ecological resilience. Through these efforts, the government seeks to mitigate the impact of population growth on the environment and promote sustainable development practices for long-term environmental health.
Services
Civity, a pioneering company in the field of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) solutions, plays a crucial role in enhancing biodiversity during development projects.[2] Here are some key aspects of Civity:
- Ecological Roots: Civity’s expertise lies in both built environments and rural wildlife ecology, contributing to the preservation of land for future wildlife and humanity in the UK
- Expert Integrator: Civity maximizes natural capital benefits by connecting the right partners for positive biodiversity outcomes. As BNG becomes a legal standard, Civity ensures effective integration.
- Stakeholder Support:
- Developers: Civity assists developers by providing Biodiversity Units to meet the mandated 10% BNG requirement. Developers can choose to create their own units or collaborate with Civity.
- Landowners: By leasing unproductive land to Civity, landowners contribute to biodiversity enhancement. Civity ensures long-term leases and manages wildlife habitats, compensating landowners.
- Local Planning Authorities: Civity offers biodiversity consultation and expertise to local planning authorities.
- Environment Act 2021: Effective from February 12, 2024, the Environment Act mandates a minimum of 10% BNG for all development proposals. Qualified ecologists evaluate biodiversity gain before granting planning permission.
- Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG): Civity focuses on achieving BNG, which ensures that development projects result in a measurable positive impact on biodiversity compared to the pre-development state.
- Authorized Biodiversity Units: Civity holds the authority to sell Biodiversity Units, representing the positive biodiversity impact resulting from development. Developers can purchase these units to offset any negative impact on biodiversity caused by their projects.
Expertise
Civity excels in achieving Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) by assisting landowners in enhancing biodiversity, supporting local planning authorities, and preserving wildlife. Leveraging their proficiency in both urban and rural ecology, Civity ensures the best possible biodiversity results within the framework of BNG's legal requirements.
Advantages
Many landowners own land suitable for wildlife sanctuaries or habitat creation. Civity offers to lease parcels of 10 hectares or more, managing and compensating landowners for habitat development. They enter into formal contracts to oversee habitat creation, providing guidance and assuming responsibilities for unit sales, monitoring, and reporting. Civity acts as an advisor, offering support throughout the process.[3]
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