Designations
Protected site (SSSI)
What GainScout tells you when it finds this
This point is inside a Site of Special Scientific Interest, land already legally protected for nature. Selling biodiversity units from an SSSI is rarely straightforward: improving the very features it is protected for does not count as extra gain. Each SSSI also has its own list of operations that need Natural England's written consent before you start, so check the list for this site.
Checked against planning.data.gov.uk (Natural England) the moment you run a check, and stamped with the date.
Why it matters for Biodiversity Net Gain
A finding here usually limits what a BNG scheme can claim on this land, or adds consents and conditions before any work can start. Better to know from your desk than after a site visit.
A check also asks the other 20 counted sources at the same time, so this finding always arrives in context.