District Wildlife Sites and BNG

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Bowland Ecology undertook detailed habitat and botanical surveys of 42 District Wildlife Sites across
the borough of Blackburn with Darwen in Summer 2022, totalling ~340ha. The purpose of the study
was to provide a robust evidence base for the emerging Local Plan (2021-2037), help inform the development of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) and support opportunities to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).

Subsequently, detailed Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans were compiled for eight of the DWSs, in addition to a number of other shortlisted green spaces across the borough.

Feedback from the client:

“Thanks for all your work on this study. We appreciate it’s been a significant amount of work. It should now give us the basis to develop off-site BNG opportunities so that we can start to deliver real improvements to the biodiversity of the borough.”
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