Balne
This site is in the Humberhead Levels National Character Area and supplies units to developments across North East. We own it freehold and protect it in perpetuity.
Exact location and grid reference shared on enquiry.
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Developments supplied
- 2
- Tenure
- Owned freehold
- Protection
- In perpetuity
About the site
North of Balne Moor Road, just north of the village of Balne, between Snaith and Askern. Arable and grass fields, with the Aire and Calder Navigation along the northern boundary, the Common Drain along the southern one, and railway lines alongside. Heck Hall Wood, priority lowland mixed deciduous woodland, is inside the site. The surrounding land is large arable fields with small, scattered woods and few hedges connecting them.
The southern field is becoming mixed scrub and a traditional orchard. The northern and eastern grass fields are becoming species-rich neutral grassland and Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land, a priority habitat. New species-rich hedgerows with trees are being planted and the ditches enhanced. Heck Hall Wood is kept outside the bank and left as it is.
Managed under a habitat management and monitoring plan, with condition surveyed in years one, two and five and then every five years, and reported to North Yorkshire Council.
Habitats at Balne
Availability changes as units are allocated, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm.
- Mixed scrub
- Structurally diverse scrub providing nesting, shelter and forage.
- Traditional orchard
- Priority habitat combining fruit trees, grassland and deadwood.
- Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land
- Rare priority habitat on previously developed land. Difficult to create and highly valued.
- Mixed deciduous woodland
- Lowland mixed deciduous woodland, a priority habitat type.
- Neutral grassland
- Species-rich neutral grassland, the workhorse habitat for area-based units.
- Hedgerow
- Species-rich native hedgerow with trees, generating hedgerow units.
- Ditches
- Linear wet features supporting aquatic plants and invertebrates.
Location
Neighbouring areas are in lighter green. The dot shows the general location.
Which developments this site can serve
No multiplier in the home area and a reduced one in adjacent areas.
Home area, no multiplier
- Humberhead Levels
Adjacent areas served
- Humber Estuary
- Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands
- Sherwood
- Southern Magnesian Limestone
- Trent and Belvoir Vales
- Vale of York
- Yorkshire Wolds
Local planning authorities
- North Yorkshire
Neighbouring authorities
- Doncaster
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- York
- North York Moors National Park
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Middlesbrough
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Darlington
- County Durham
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Lancaster
- Ribble Valley
- Pendle
- Bradford
- Leeds
- Wakefield
How this site is secured
What your authority will examine
Who owns the land, what binds it, and who is responsible if the habitat fails.
Here
We own the land freehold and a conservation covenant or planning obligation protects it permanently, with condition independently monitored throughout.
Who stands behind the obligation
- The land
- We own the land freehold, with no lease and no third-party landowner.
- The covenant
- A conservation covenant or planning obligation protecting each site in perpetuity, registered against the title.
- Responsible Body
- An independent Responsible Body or the local authority can step in if we ever fail to deliver.
- The endowment
- Long-term management is funded by an endowment set aside at allocation.
- Financial strength
- We have £56.5m of capital for land and habitat, and are rated Very Low Risk with an international credit score of A. That capital lets us buy land and create habitat before your programme needs it, and fund its management for the long term.
Check availability at Balne
Send us your metric and postcode and within a day we’ll confirm what is available here, any multiplier and the price.