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Understanding biodiversity net gain
Publication Year
2024
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explains what biodiversity net gain (BNG) is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
Document History
Last updated: 22 February 2024 - Updated to clarify that unless exempt, developers in England are required to provide 10% BNG on all habitats within the redline boundary of their development, whether or not they are impacted, and that separate arrangements apply to on-site irreplaceable habitat. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-biodiversity-net-gain 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: 21 February 2023.
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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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