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Biodiversity Gain Site

BGS-260724001

Site Details

BGS Reference
BGS-260724001
Responsible Body
Start date of enhancement works
01/10/2023
Location (Lat/Long)
52.12511, 0.36239
LPA
# Allocations
6
# Planning applications
6
Median allocation distance
25 km
Site Area
39.74 ha
Habitat Summary
Habitat# ParcelsBaseline SizeBaseline HUsImprovements SizeAllocations Size% AllocatedAllocations HUs
Areas (ha)639.74107.6839.741.062.67%6.46
Hedgerows (km)142.6433.541.300.107.51%0.99
Watercourses (km)00.000.000.000.00N/A0.00

Baseline Habitats (click any habitat cell for more detail)

Areas

HabitatDistinctiveness# parcelsArea (ha)HUs
Arable field margins pollen and nectarMedium11.335.32
Cereal cropsLow134.0268.04
Mixed scrubMedium10.010.04
Other neutral grasslandMedium22.4318.68
Other woodland; mixedMedium11.9515.60

Hedgerows

HabitatDistinctiveness# parcelsArea (ha)HUs
Native HedgerowLow30.533.18
Native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditchMedium20.060.72
Native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditchHigh20.183.24
Species-rich native hedgerowMedium31.2114.52
Species-rich native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditchHigh40.6611.88

Improvement Habitats (click any habitat cell for more detail)

Areas

HabitatDistinctiveness# parcelsArea (ha)HUs
Mixed scrubMedium111.7245.00
Other lowland acid grasslandMedium10.460.00
Other neutral grasslandMedium117.35145.79
Other woodland; mixedMedium29.0427.23
Ponds (non-priority habitat)Medium10.151.51
Traditional orchardsHigh11.026.29

Hedgerows

HabitatDistinctiveness# parcelsArea (ha)HUs
Species-rich native hedgerow with treesHigh51.3022.55

Allocations (click any allocation for more detail)

ReferenceLPADistance (km)AddressArea unitsHedgerow unitsWatercourse units
23/03526/S73South Cambridgeshire LPA21Residential Development of 75 Dwellings at L20 Orchard Park, Cambridge0.520.000.00
24/01854/FULBraintree LPA30Cypress lodge0.030.460.00
24/02143/FULBraintree LPA36Land West of Boars Tye Road Silver End Essex0.000.530.00
24/02949/FULSouth Cambridgeshire LPA18Cambridge East Grid0.160.000.00
24/03629/FULSouth Cambridgeshire LPA15Teversham Primrary Substation1.170.000.00
HW/FUL/24/00138Harlow LPA42Plots B And C And Part OF Plaot A, Newhall Way, Harlow Innovation Park, Harlow4.580.000.00