Conservation CovenantsDevelopers

Why might you use a Conservation Covenant as a developer?

Deliver compliant, bankable biodiversity outcomes faster

For developers, Conservation Covenants provide a reliable legal foundation for significant on-site habitat enhancements and offsite Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) delivery. 

Key benefits: 

• Secure legally binding 30+ year habitat commitments required for BNG compliance  
• Unlock offsite BNG unit purchases with long-term certainty  
• Reduce delays associated with Section 106 negotiation and sign-off  
• Improve development viability through earlier certainty on biodiversity obligations  
• Enable smoother planning submissions with robust legal backing  

On sites which do not offer the opportunity for on site BNG we can pair the requirements of a development with registered BNG suppliers and manage the whole process from inception to completion.

Adonis Blue Environmental Consultants provide a streamlined Responsible Body service designed to support development timelines, reducing friction between ecological delivery and planning approval while ensuring full legal robustness.

As part of our Responsible Body status, we can now offer the entire process from Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) and Biodiversity Net Gain Services including assisting with design to satisfy BNG on site, to species surveys, pre-application advice and Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) for a planning application.

Related purposes

• Conservation Covenants for Biodiversity Net Gain
• Conservation Covenants for Nutrient Neutrality