People from both organisations at Bridgehead Business Park, Hessle. Credit: Neil Holmes Photography

Wykeland and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust tie up biodiversity deal

The organisations have signed a framework agreement that will see YWT involved in the developer’s projects from the early stages of planning and design.

Billed as the Ecology and Biodiversity Agreement, the deal builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two organisations, “and aims to ensure commercially successful development and ecological enhancement go hand in hand,” committing Wykeland to embedding ecological principles across its entire portfolio.

A flagship project from the collaboration so far has been a 1km nature trail at Bridgehead, near the Humber Bridge, designed and created by Wykeland, working in partnership with the Trust, which manages the pathway and its surrounding natural habitat on behalf of Wykeland.

Wykeland has also worked with community volunteering charity, The Conservation Volunteers, as well as local primary schools to create the Jubilee Woodland, which features 1,200 trees and borders Wykeland’s Melton West business park.

Wykeland managing director Dominic Gibbons said: “We’re delighted to be continuing our work with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to enhance not just our future developments, but also our existing ones.

“We’re committed to ensuring all our developments benefit the businesses that occupy them, and the people who work in and use them, as well as enriching the natural environment.”

Melton West is among Wykeland’s current roster of projects, with Triton Construction starting work this summer on Evolve, a £10m, 85,000 sq ft development aimed at SMEs.

YWT is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and wild places in Yorkshire. It looks after more than 100 nature reserves across Yorkshire and is involved in hundreds of other conservation-related projects.

The Trust’s chief executive, Rachael Bice, said: “Driving better outcomes for wildlife in new development is critical and possible, even when there is pressure for strong economic growth and more homes.

“The relationship we have built with Wykeland shows solutions can be found for ecologically sensitive development when professionals bring together their different perspectives, that benefit wildlife and create attractive, healthier places where people want to live and work.”

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