Guidance: Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).




Guidance: Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments

A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.




Guidance: Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 




Guidance: Calculate biodiversity value with the statutory biodiversity metric

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




Guidance: Understanding biodiversity net gain

Guidance on what biodiversity net gain (BNG) is and how it affects land managers, developers, and local planning authorities.