Encouraging Biodiversity in Housing Developments

Last month the National House Building Council (NHBC) Foundation partnered with the RSPB and Barratt Developments to produce a new report named Biodiversity in new housing developments: creating wildlife-friendly communities. The report demonstrates how the house-building industry is uniquely placed in having an opportunity to create not just houses, but sustainable communities, where people can thrive alongside wildlife.

The report is a guide to the practicalities of building new homes in a sustainable way that enhances wildlife, develops climate resilience and improves people’s health and wellbeing.

The report can be found here.

At Terrena, we pride ourselves in promoting sustainable developments and we always strive to include environmental improvements into the schemes in which we are involved.  Our team has designed and managed large-scale planting schemes, sustainable drainage systems (SuDs), wildflower meadows and a whole host of other environmental improvements and enhancements.  We have also undertaken the management of established habitats including woodlands, meadows, reedbeds, ponds, rivers and streams, always with key objectives that include increasing biodiversity and to promote population by indigenous species.