Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Details the steps that can be taken by land managers to sell off-site biodiversity units to developers.
History
Last updated: 18 June 2025 - Updated to say that landowners should check if they need a screening decision before registering land as a BNG site. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sell-biodiversity-units-as-a-land-manager and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 21 February 2023.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Nature conservation
- Environmental planning/land
- Natural environment
Publisher History
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.