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Which MCP servers are LandBNG's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-27

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameuk.landbng/landbngverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under landbng.uk. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-27
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-27
  • Tools4
  • Server calls itselfLandBNG
  • Server version3.4.7
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-27 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 215 ms.

Should an agent connect itConnect it, with care
  • Its tools do Check whether a parcel can earn biodiversity net gain income, but not Find habitat bank sites near a parcel before quoting.

Once connected

  • For "Check whether a parcel can earn biodiversity net gain income", the likely first call is estimate_bng_income.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 4 of 4 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 9, the first on 2026-10-27
  • INITE MCP score82 of 100answers 100 · does the job 50 · definitions 83 · context 100 · connects 100
  • What an agent can do with it1 of 2 use cases
  • Answered100% of days9 of 9 daily checks
  • Median first answer623 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 614 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (4), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 83 of 100
  • Typed results4 of 4 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 4 of 4

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Check whether a parcel can earn biodiversity net gain income
  • not sure · Screen land constraints such as flood zones and protected sites
  • cannot · Find habitat bank sites near a parcel before quoting

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers4 tools · read 2026-10-27
  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

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

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

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

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://landbng.uk/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.