Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do
Publication Year
2024
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Sets out how local planning authorities can ensure that the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG) are met.
Document History
Superseded by: 8 May 2024 update. Last updated: 23 February 2024 - Updated to add that the statutory biodiversity metric user guide explains the BNG trading rules on habitat compensation. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/biodiversity-net-gain-what-local-planning-authorities-should-do 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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