Terms of use

Who we are

This website and the sourcing service are operated by Green Acres BNG, Catraw Farm, Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6AZ, trading as BNG Sourced by Green Acres BNG. Contact: hello@bngsourced.co.uk. By using the website or submitting a form you agree to these terms.

Information only

The content of this website is general information about biodiversity net gain in England and about our service. It is not legal, planning, ecological or financial advice and it does not create a professional relationship. Regulatory facts carry the date they were last checked and may change. Supply outlooks, counts and price ranges are indicative, describe a region rather than a site and may be out of date. Confirm the position with your ecologist, your planning authority, your legal adviser and the provider before relying on it.

The sourcing service

• Our sourcing service is free for developers. Where our involvement results in an introduction, the BNG provider pays us an introduction fee.
• We source potential supply from landowners, habitat bank operators and BNG providers across England, check it against the information you give us and make introductions. We do not guarantee that supply exists, that an introduction will lead to a sale or that any particular price, allocation date or planning outcome will be achieved.
• Unit prices and terms are agreed directly between you and the provider. We are not a party to that contract, we do not handle your payment and we do not act as your agent or the provider’s agent.
• Green Acres BNG also operates its own habitat banks. Where units from those banks are presented, they are one option among others and the same terms apply.
• Providers who register supply with us agree to pay an introduction fee, on terms confirmed in writing before an introduction and may decline any introduction.

The tools

The BNG sourcing check and the BNG exemption checker are indicative tools. Their results depend on the information you enter and on rules that may change. They do not replace a statutory biodiversity metric prepared by a competent ecologist, a decision of your planning authority or legal advice. The multiplier arithmetic uses the rules current at the date shown.

Your information

You confirm that information you submit is accurate and that you are entitled to share it, including information about a client where you refer a project. Our privacy notice explains how we use personal data.

Acceptable use

You may not use the website to send spam, to scrape or republish its content commercially, to submit false enquiries or in a way that damages the site or interferes with other users. You may link to any page.

Intellectual property

The content, design, code, tools and wordmark of this website belong to Green Acres BNG or its licensors. You may print or save pages for your own use. Register data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and is attributed on the data and methodology page.

Third-party links

Links to gov.uk, legislation.gov.uk, Natural England and other sites are provided for reference. We are not responsible for their content.

Liability

To the extent permitted by law we exclude liability for loss arising from use of or reliance on this website, its tools or information, including loss of profit, delay to a development or the cost of units or credits. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or for any liability that cannot be limited by law.

Changes

We may update these terms and the website at any time. The date at the top shows the current version.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.