Form: Biodiversity gain plan

Developers must fill in this form to show how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).




Guidance: Calculate biodiversity using the biodiversity metric

When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.




Guidance: Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

Buying off-site biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG): steps and obligations for developers.




Statutory guidance: The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Exemptions) Regulations 2024

These regulations exempt certain developments from meeting the biodiversity gain requirement that would otherwise be imposed as a general condition of planning permission.




Statutory guidance: The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Irreplaceable Habitat) Regulations 2024

These regulations define ‘irreplaceable habitat’ for the purpose of the biodiversity gain requirement. They also modify the application of the requirement to irreplaceable habitat.