Local authorities progress plans to exceed new 10% biodiversity net gain requirement
By Olivia Barber2024-01-05T12:13:00
With BNG on major developments made mandatory from this month, several local authorities are adopting policies that exceed the new requirement
More local authorities have been progressing planning policies that would require developers to deliver a greater level of biodiversity net gain than the 10% requirement.
Research by property consultancy Carter Jonas has found that three local planning authorities (LPAs) have adopted a biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy over 10%, while 17 (or 5.6%) have such a policy emerging through their local plan review.
This represents an increase of 33.3% compared with Carter Jonas’ Q4 data from 2022.