Buy Phosphorus and Nitrogen Credits For Nutrient Neutrality
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What is Nutrient Neutrality?
74 Local Planning Authorities across 27 catchments in England and Wales require nutrient neutrality. In England, developments in affected catchments cannot get planning permission unless they prove the additional wastewater from new housing won't add nutrient pollution (nitrogen or phosphorus) to protected water catchments.
You must offset this nutrient load through onsite mitigation or credits. Without one of these, your planning application stalls.
How to buy online
Nutrient Budget Calculations
Calculate your nutrient budget using the Nutrient Budget Calculator for your catchment.
Identify onsite mitigation opportunities to reduce your nutrient load.
This determines your deficit and the credits you'll need to purchase for any remaining load.
Secure your Nutrient Credits
Choose your nutrient mitigation scheme and credits required.
Pay £150 to secure your allocation for 30 days, then sign the contract.
Get Building
Your document pack will arrive within 1-2 days, including a credit purchase certificate.
This triggers the nutrient credit allocation process.
Once registered, you'll be notified and certificates will be issued for your planning application.
Buy with Confidence
● Secured in perpetuity with Section 106 agreements
● Full management and monitoring plans included
● No ongoing liability for developers
● Environmentally sound schemes that maintain farmland productivity
● We will beat any price
Innovative Schemes Reducing Costs
Greenshank develops some of the most innovative nutrient mitigation schemes in the UK. Our CEO, Dr Gabriel Connor Streich, contributed to Natural England's technical guidance on nutrient neutrality. We're the only company deploying schemes using these proprietary methods, including drainage ditch management for nutrient reduction.
If we have a scheme in your catchment: Purchase credits directly. Our combined onsite/offsite proposition can be up to 40% cheaper than competitors in the same catchment.
If we don't have a scheme in your area: We can still significantly reduce your costs through our onsite mitigation services. Onsite solutions reduce your nutrient load, lowering the number of credits you need to buy. We assess your site and design mitigation that works within your development boundary.
"Greenshank’s expertise has been instrumental in getting our schemes off the ground. Their proactive and thoughtful approach has made a real difference and allowed us to create a fantastic scheme that delivers both BNG and Nutrients."
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Nutrient Credit FAQs
Navigating nutrient neutrality can be complex, but we’re here to help. Below you'll find answers to common questions.
A nutrient credit represents one kilogram per year of nitrogen or phosphorus removed by a mitigation scheme. Developers purchase credits to offset their nutrient budgets within the same catchment.
Nutrient neutrality is mandatory for planning permission in 74 Local Planning Authorities across England and Wales.
Check if your site is in a nutrient neutrality catchment using Natural England's catchment maps: https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Defra::nutrient-neutrality-catchments-england/explore
Prices vary by catchment, typically £2,000 to £3,500 per kilogram of nitrogen or phosphorus.
Yes. Onsite mitigation can reduce your nutrient load through improved wastewater treatment or sustainable drainage systems.
A nutrient budget calculation, mitigation plan, and typically a Nutrient Neutrality Assessment and Mitigation Strategy report.
Your planning application cannot progress.
It protects water bodies from nutrient pollution that causes algal blooms, reduces biodiversity, and degrades water quality.
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