Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2026
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Sets out how local planning authorities can ensure that the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG) are met.

History

Last updated: 14 July 2026 - Updated by adding that from 6 August 2026, biodiversity net gain (BNG) does not apply to planning applications for developments of 0.2 hectares or below. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/biodiversity-net-gain-what-local-planning-authorities-should-do 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: 29 November 2023.

Subjects

  • Planning and development
  • Environmental planning/land
  • Nature conservation
  • Natural environment

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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.

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