BNG options for NSIPs and major development

This UKREiiF fringe event includes a panel discussion and a networking session, with food and drinks.

The UK is entering a critical phase in the delivery of infrastructure across energy, transport, water, housing, and coastal areas, alongside the introduction of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), now including NSIPs from this November.

This change represents a step shift in how large-scale projects approach environmental delivery – moving from mitigation and compensation towards measurable biodiversity enhancement embedded within project design and funding strategies. For developers, this raises important questions around how and when BNG can be delivered, how it interacts with existing requirements such as Habitats Regulations compensation, and how early-stage ecological investment can be aligned with project consenting and financing.

This event brings together industry, legal, and environmental perspectives to explore the challenges, practical implications, and opportunities presented by this flagship legislation.

Event Aims:

• Clarify the policy and market landscape shaping strategic and significant infrastructure.
• Explore how environmental requirements (including large-scale habitat compensation) can be delivered in parallel with infrastructure, and what this means for timing, funding, and risk.
• Share practical insights on structuring and funding enabling works ahead of consent, including how to align ecological delivery with investor and regulatory expectations.

Who is this event for?

This event is relevant to anyone who is involved in major development in England – from national infrastructure, commercial and utilities, to housebuilding.

Speakers

Nick White, Principal Advisor – Net Gain, Natural England

Harriet Townsend KC, Barrister, Kings Counsel – Planning and Environmental Law, Cornerstone Barristers

Alan Kirby, Technical Director – Ecology, Logika

Matthew Hanson, Associate Director of Ecology and Biodiversity Net Gain Lead for England, AECOM

Nick Westerman, Associate Director BNG Specialist, Jacobs

Corrine Barry, NSIPs Business Development Director, Environment Bank

Luke Bigwood, Chief Marketing Officer, Environment Bank (chair)

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