Make on-site biodiversity gains as a developer
Publication Year
2024
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Details how developers can deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG) through creating and enhancing habitat on-site.
Document History
Superseded by: 27 February 2024 update. Last updated: 12 February 2024 - Updated to state that biodiversity net gain (BNG) is mandatory from 12 February 2024 and removed the 'draft guidance' label. Made changes throughout, including clarifying that excess on-site gains sold do not need to be 'significant'. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-on-site-biodiversity-gains-as-a-developer and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 29 November 2023.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
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