Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Provides details on how to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development simultaneously.
History
Last updated: 26 June 2025 - Removed the contact telephone number due to changes to the service; as an alternative, email [email protected]. Last updated: 15 April 2024 - Updated by adding statement about a planning application decision notice for the development project from the local planning authority that needs to be sent. Also clarifies that the statutory biodiversity metric tool calculation that has been reviewed with the development’s planning application needs to be sent too. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/register-a-biodiversity-site-and-allocate-to-a-development 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: 12 February 2024. Published in conjunction with Natural England.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Natural environment
- Environmental planning/land
- Nature conservation
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.