Biodiversity Net Gain

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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is an approach to development, and/or land management, that aims to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than it was beforehand. The 2021 Environment Act explicitly makes Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) a condition of planning permission, requiring all developers to demonstrate how they will deliver improvements to the biodiversity value of any application site.

 

The biodiversity metric is a habitat based approach used to assess an area’s value to wildlife. The metric uses habitat features to calculate a biodiversity value. You can use the biodiversity metric to calculate how a development, or a change in land management, will change the biodiversity value of a site. It can help you design, plan and make land management decisions that take better account of biodiversity. As part of initial development plans, developers are increasingly required to demonstrate that biodiversity loss is mitigated. To establish the best way to protect the habitats on-site, a metric is used. To achieve biodiversity net gain, a development must show evidence that a development will increase the biodiversity value of a site by at least 10%.

If habitats and ecological value cannot be added to the site itself, then mitigation plans must be put into place to ensure habitats. This can be achieved either by enhancing the on-site biodiversity or creating new habitats elsewhere.

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