Biodiversity gain plan: phased development templates
Templates for creating a biodiversity gain plan for a phased development, to send to your local planning authority.
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The information on this page only relates to phased developments.
A biodiversity gain plan is a document that shows how you will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG). In your plan, you must provide evidence for your BNG decisions.
Use the overall biodiversity gain plan template to create your overall plan for the whole development.
Use the phase biodiversity gain plan template to create a plan for each phase of your development.
Before you start work on your development you must:
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get planning permission from your local planning authority (LPA)
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send your overall plan and first phase plan to your LPA
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get LPA approval for your biodiversity gain plans
You must get LPA approval for each phase biodiversity gain plan before you start development on that phase.