Thicket Drive, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66

Maltby Wood - Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland - is an ancient woodland which is included within the wider Maltby Commons and Woodlands LWS designation. The woodland features a mature oak and ash upper canopy with occasional silver birch. An under canopy of frequent young wych elm, ash and occasional wild cherry is present throughout much of the wood, with a third layer comprising abundant hazel coppice stools, with occasional hawthorn and the invasive cherry laurel. The ground flora is species rich, featuring an abundance and diverse mix of ancient woodland indicators (AWI), indicative of calcareous conditions. We consider the woodland might be suitable for developers as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) offset land or for other purposes, although we believe redevelopment of the woodland is very unlikely. All interested parties should make and rely upon their own enquiries. (Essentially, the BNG credit scheme allows developers to maximise the on site potential of their landholding by meeting their biodiversity net gain responsibilities off site).