Greenshank in the News: All Coverage

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Nov 10, 2026

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November 10, 2026

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Kim Connor-Streich

Since November 2025, Greenshank's schemes and policy work have featured in more than 50 pieces across national, trade and local media. They are gathered here by scheme, followed by Environmental Delivery Plans, comment and company news. For the coverage quarter by quarter, see the round-ups at the end of this post.

Jump to: Highlights · Stodmarsh, Kent · Stonehill, Wiltshire · Trinity Farm, Somerset · Blackbarn Farm, Hampshire · Haffenden Farm, Kent · Westwick, County Durham · Lydeway, Wiltshire · Newbridge Pool, Cheshire · The Wrangle, North Somerset · James Farm, Essex · Hampton Wafre, Herefordshire · Environmental Delivery Plans · Comment and Opinion · Company News

Highlights

BBC News: The farmers fighting to save the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (February 2026)
ENDS Report: Natural England fund will need to use public money to initially offset developer nature damage, emails reveal (September 2026, paywalled)
Property Week: Greenshank wins approval for nutrient neutrality scheme set to unlock up to 5,000 homes (April 2026)
Estates Gazette: Derisking nutrient neutrality (September 2026, paywalled)
New Civil Engineer: Environmental Delivery Plans: How could they impact infrastructure projects? (October 2026)
Business Green: 'UK first': Greenshank Environmental debuts online platform for Biodiversity Net Gain credits (December 2025)

Stodmarsh, Kent

Natural England approved the Stodmarsh Nutrient Mitigation Scheme in April 2026. Developed with Dace Environmental, it could unlock up to 5,000 stalled homes around Canterbury and Ashford.

Estates Gazette: Derisking nutrient neutrality (September 2026, paywalled)
Kent Online: Footage shows how east Kent countryside is being transformed to kick-start housebuilding in Canterbury and Ashford (June 2026)
South East Farmer: Unlocking new income from nutrient neutrality (May 2026)
Kentish Gazette: Breakthrough means work could finally start on 5,000 homes (May 2026)
Kent Online: Breakthrough in protection of Stodmarsh Nature Reserve near Canterbury could allow thousands more new homes to be built (May 2026)
ENDS Report: Nutrient neutrality: Thousands of homes unblocked after 7-year logjam (May 2026, paywalled)
Ashford Borough Council: Scheme approved to unlock up to 5,000 stalled homes across Ashford and Canterbury (April 2026)
Insite: Stodmarsh approval opens route for Kent housing pipeline (April 2026)
Showhouse: Approval granted for nutrient neutrality scheme unlocking 5,000 homes in Kent (April 2026)
geomechanics.io: Natural England nutrients scheme: design implications for Stodmarsh drainage teams (April 2026)
Sustainable Construction Now: Natural England go-ahead for nutrients scheme (April 2026)
The Construction Index: Natural England go-ahead for nutrients scheme (April 2026)
Property Week: Greenshank wins approval for nutrient neutrality scheme set to unlock up to 5,000 homes (April 2026)

Grace Pinault, Kim Connor-Streich and Oliver Davis in a field at Stodmarsh with new housing behind — *Grace Pinault, then of Dentons, Greenshank's Kim Connor-Streich and Oliver Davis of Dace Environmental at the Stodmarsh Nutrient Mitigation Scheme*

Stonehill, Wiltshire

At Red House Farm in the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, Sonja and Perin Dineley's Stonehill Habitat Bank, developed with Greenshank and Restore, aims to bring back the Duke of Burgundy butterfly.

Natural World Fund: Restoring Habitat for the Rare Duke of Burgundy Butterfly (March 2026)
South West Farmer: Farmers in Wiltshire restore habitats with help of company (March 2026)
Salisbury Journal: Rare Duke of Burgundy butterfly could return to Wiltshire with major new project (March 2026)
BBC Radio Wiltshire: interviews with Sonja Dineley (broadcast, March 2026)
BBC News: The farmers fighting to save the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (February 2026)
i Weekend: Couple on a mission to boost Duke of Burgundy butterflies (print, February 2026)
Gazette & Herald: Family leads habitat restoration project to bring back rare native creatures (February 2026)
Wiltshire Times: Wiltshire farm welcomes new ecological habitat restoration (February 2026)

Sonja and Perin Dineley standing in a field at Red House Farm, Wiltshire — *Sonja and Perin Dineley at Red House Farm, home of the Stonehill Habitat Bank*

Trinity Farm, Somerset

Trinity Farm Nature Reserve, developed by KS Coles just outside Wellington, forms the Somerset BNG Scheme with Eastcombe Fields. The same sites supply nutrient mitigation for the River Tone catchment.

Around Wellington: Innovative nature initiative is under way (December 2025)
Somerset Leveller: Work underway on final piece of new Wellington nature reserve (November 2025)
Transition Town Wellington: Trinity Farm Nature Reserve (November 2025)
Visit Somerset: Innovative new nature reserve project begins in Wellington, improving river health and supporting sustainable development across Somerset (November 2025)
Wellington Weekly: Innovative nature reserve project to create long-term boost for Wellington (November 2025)

Blackbarn Farm, Hampshire

The Glover family's Test Valley BNG Scheme near Grateley will plant nearly 7,000 trees, mostly English walnut, over species-rich wildflower grassland.

Salisbury Journal: Blackbarn Farm in Hampshire to see 7,000 trees planted (May 2026)
Andover Advertiser: Blackbarn Farm in Hampshire to see 7,000 trees planted (May 2026)

Haffenden Farm, Kent

Around 70 hectares of Haffenden Farm near Tenterden, one of the last hop farms in England, are becoming the Kent BNG Scheme.

Kent Online: Developer contributions to help fund special £1m rewilding project at St Michaels hop farm, near Tenterden (September 2026)
Insider Media (South East): Kent hop farm launches 70-ha habitat restoration project - will provide BNG land (August 2026)

Ross Hukins checking hops at Haffenden Farm, Kent — *Ross Hukins checking the hop harvest at Haffenden Farm, home of the Kent BNG Scheme*

Westwick, County Durham

Former sheep pasture at Westwick in Teesdale is being restored as wildlife habitat for the Tees BNG Scheme.

Teesdale Mercury: Plans to create protected wildlife habitat in Westwick (November 2026)
The Northern Echo: Former County Durham sheep pasture to become wildlife habitat (October 2026)
Darlington & Stockton Times: Former County Durham sheep pasture to become wildlife habitat (October 2026)

Lydeway, Wiltshire

Land once farmed intensively for cereals is being restored at Wiltshire BNG at Lydeway to supply biodiversity units and nutrient mitigation for housebuilders in Wiltshire.

Salisbury Journal: New scheme aims to tackle pollution and housing needs (September 2026)
Gazette & Herald: Wiltshire nature project launch (September 2026)

Newbridge Pool, Cheshire

The Davenham Habitat Bank restores and extends ancient woodland in the Weaver Valley around Newbridge Pool.

Cheshire Life: Ancient woodland gets boost amid Newbridge Pool restoration (July 2026)
Northwich Guardian: Ancient woodland gets boost amid Newbridge Pool restoration (May 2026)

A pond fringed with reeds and trees at the Davenham Habitat Bank, Cheshire — *A pond at the Davenham Habitat Bank in the Weaver Valley*

The Wrangle, North Somerset

The Wrangle Habitat Bank, above Compton Martin, is the Bath and North East Somerset BNG Scheme, managed around a hibernation roost for greater and lesser horseshoe bats.

North Somerset Times: New habitat restoration scheme launched in North Somerset (December 2025)

James Farm, Essex

Almost 47 hectares of Essex farmland are being restored at Essex BNG at James Farm.

East Anglian Daily Times: Almost 47 hectares of Essex farmland to become nature haven (October 2026, paywalled)

Hampton Wafre, Herefordshire

A 30-year wildlife restoration is under way at Herefordshire BNG at Hampton Wafre.

Hereford Times: Hampton Wafre Farm has launched 30-year wildlife restoration (November 2026)

Environmental Delivery Plans

Environmental Delivery Plans will let developers pay into a national Nature Restoration Fund instead of securing their own mitigation. Government emails obtained by Greenshank under the Freedom of Information Act suggest that developer payments may arrive too slowly to fund the conservation work in time.