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

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

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

These regulations make provision for a biodiversity gain site register.

This instrument provides the framework for implementing biodiversity net gain through the development management process.