Burntwood
This site is in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield 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
- Barnsley
- Developments supplied
- 41
- Tenure
- Owned freehold
- Protection
- In perpetuity
About the site
About two kilometres north of Great Houghton, at Brierley Common in Barnsley, on the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield. An arable field with a band of mixed woodland through the middle, part of it recorded as priority deciduous woodland. The southern boundary adjoins West Haigh Wood, 38 hectares of ancient and semi-natural woodland and a Local Nature Reserve, and Howell Wood Country Park is 700 metres to the east.
Most of the arable field is becoming Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land, a priority habitat, with species-rich neutral grassland and mixed native scrub alongside. Soil testing confirmed both can reach good condition here. The woodland is being brought from moderate to good condition, including removing rhododendron, and the hedgerows on the western and south-eastern boundaries are being enhanced.
The grassland is cut for hay once a year. The OMH is kept open by scraping and re-levelling no more than a third of it in any season, on a five-to-ten-year rotation, to copy the disturbance it depends on. Monitored every year for the first five years and then at longer intervals, with results reported to Barnsley Council.
Habitats at Burntwood
Availability changes as units are allocated, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm.
- Ditches
- Linear wet features supporting aquatic plants and invertebrates.
- Neutral grassland
- Species-rich neutral grassland, the workhorse habitat for area-based units.
- Mixed scrub
- Structurally diverse scrub providing nesting, shelter and forage.
- Hedgerow
- Species-rich native hedgerow with trees, generating hedgerow units.
- Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land
- Rare priority habitat on previously developed land. Difficult to create and highly valued.
- Broadleaved woodland
- Native broadleaved woodland with a developing understorey.
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
- Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield
Adjacent areas served
- Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent
- Sherwood
- Southern Magnesian Limestone
- Southern Pennines
- Trent Valley Washlands
- Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe
Local planning authorities
- Barnsley
Neighbouring authorities
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- Doncaster
- Wakefield
- Kirklees
- Peak District National Park
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 Burntwood
Send us your metric and postcode and within a day we’ll confirm what is available here, any multiplier and the price.