Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Outlines the types of development that will be exempt from biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Document History
Superseded by: 12 February 2024 update. Last updated: 14 December 2023 - Updated to clarify that a small site does not fall into the category of a major development, as defined in article 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/biodiversity-net-gain-exempt-developments 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 (draft). 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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