# LandBNG (remote · landbng.uk)

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

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `landbng.uk`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://landbng.uk/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 60/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 605 tokens (~151/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the LandBNG MCP server?

LandBNG is a hosted endpoint at https://landbng.uk/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http uk-landbng-landbng 'https://landbng.uk/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-landbng-landbng": {
      "url": "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-landbng-landbng": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-landbng-landbng]
url = "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-landbng-landbng": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://landbng.uk/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-landbng-landbng --url 'https://landbng.uk/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-landbng-landbng:
    url: "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-landbng-landbng": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://landbng.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-landbng-landbng -t streamable-http -u 'https://landbng.uk/mcp'
```

### Other

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

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 69, +7)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “check_grid_connection” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “estimate_bng_income” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] Tool “check_grid_connection” changed its title: Check grid connection headroom
- [cosmetic] Tool “check_planning_history” changed its title: Check planning history
- [cosmetic] Tool “estimate_bng_cost” changed its title: Estimate BNG cost
- [cosmetic] Tool “estimate_bng_income” changed its title: Estimate BNG income

### 2026-10-27 (score 62, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-26 (score 62)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `check_grid_connection` (~93 tokens)

Check grid connection headroom

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.

Input parameters:

- `lat` (number, required)
- `lon` (number, required)

### `check_planning_history` (~79 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `lat` (number, required)
- `lon` (number, required)
- `radius_km` (number)

### `estimate_bng_income` (~143 tokens)

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,
Ancient Woodland, AONB, Agricultural Land Class, nearby NSIP projects and
how many fall under mandatory BNG) are listed, not priced. England only.
Free, no key.

Input parameters:

- `area_ha` (number, required)
- `lat` (number, required)
- `lon` (number, required)

### `estimate_bng_cost` (~179 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `land_type` (string)
- `lat` (number, required)
- `lon` (number, required)
- `scheme_ha` (number, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 73
- 2026-11-04: 73
- 2026-11-03: 72
- 2026-11-02: 72
- 2026-11-01: 71
- 2026-10-31: 71
- 2026-10-30: 70
- 2026-10-29: 70
- 2026-10-28: 69
- 2026-10-27: 62
- 2026-10-26: 62

## Common questions

### What is the LandBNG MCP server?

LandBNG is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.landbng/landbng. BNG income and cost estimates for land in England, GB grid headroom and planning history. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://landbng.uk/mcp).

### Is the LandBNG MCP server safe to use?

LandBNG scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the LandBNG MCP server expose?

LandBNG exposes 4 tools: check_grid_connection, check_planning_history, estimate_bng_income, estimate_bng_cost. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 494 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the LandBNG MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to LandBNG without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the LandBNG MCP server still maintained?

LandBNG is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://landbng.uk/mcp
- Website: https://landbng.uk/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-landbng-landbng/landbng