LandBNG

uk.landbngPublished by landbng.ukOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 26, 2026

BNG income and cost estimates for land in England, GB grid headroom and planning history

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Screens UK land parcels for Biodiversity Net Gain income and cost, electricity grid headroom, and nearby planning history.

What you can do
  • Estimate 30-year lump-sum BNG income for dedicating England land to habitat creation, with low/mid/high ranges and local factors
  • Estimate the cost of meeting England's mandatory 10% BNG requirement for a development scheme across three procurement routes
  • Check nearest DNO grid connection headroom for a location across Great Britain, with generation/demand capacity, RAG status and voltage
  • Find planning applications near a UK location via a public aggregator covering over 400 authorities
When to use it
Useful for early-stage site screening when assessing whether a parcel or development scheme looks promising for BNG, grid connection or planning context, before commissioning formal ecological, valuation or connection work.
Requirements
Remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no key or account declared. Tools take location and area parameters, with planning search radius limited to 0.1 to 5.0 km.
Before you install
Outputs are indicative screening signals from public open-government data, not a statutory BNG metric calculation, a grid connection offer, or financial or legal advice. Verify with a qualified ecologist, surveyor and the relevant DNO before any transaction or connection application.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open LandBNG in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/uk.landbng%2Flandbng/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "landbng": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

4

check_grid_connection

Check nearest UK electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) grid connection headroom for a location — generation/demand headroom (MW/MVA), RAG status, voltage, and a combined BNG+grid siting signal. Covers all of Great Britain (England/Scotland/Wales), not just England. Free, no key.

Parameterslatrequiredlonrequired

check_planning_history

Find planning applications near a UK location, via UK PlanIt's public aggregator (over 400 UK planning authorities). Free, no key. radius_km must be between 0.1 and 5.0.

Parameterslatrequiredlonrequiredradius_km

estimate_bng_income

Estimate 30-year lump-sum BNG income (LOW/MID/HIGH) for dedicating `area_ha` hectares of an England parcel to biodiversity net gain habitat creation, from LandBNG planning assumptions per habitat capped at the Defra statutory credit price; local factors (flood zone, SSSI, Green Belt, NSIP demand, Ancient Woodland, AONB, Agricultural Land Class) are listed, not priced. England only. Free, no key.

Parameterslatrequiredlonrequiredarea_harequired

estimate_bng_cost

Estimate the cost of meeting England's mandatory 10% biodiversity net gain requirement for a development scheme of `scheme_ha` hectares, across 3 procurement routes (off-site habitat bank mosaic, off-site grassland/ heathland, statutory biodiversity credits, priced per unit at two Defra credits per unit), and the units to buy from a gain site in the same, a neighbouring or a further authority (spatial risk multiplier 1.0 / 0.75 / 0.5, with this point's authority names). land_type: brownfield / arable / improved / semi_improved / mixed. England only. Free, no key.

Parameterslatrequiredlonrequiredland_typescheme_harequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 26, 2026

Score

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