Irreplaceable habitats
Publication Year
2024
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Provides guidance on biodiversity net gain (BNG) and how it applies to irreplaceable habitats. Covers: what irreplaceable habitats are; how BNG applies to development on irreplaceable habitats; what developers need to do - a) consider irreplaceable habitat at the design and planning application stage, b) calculate BNG when there are irreplaceable habitats; and c) record irreplaceable habitats in the biodiversity gain plan.
Document History
Superseded by: 4 September 2024 update. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/irreplaceable-habitats 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: 22 February 2024.
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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