Policy paper
Statutory biodiversity metric (including small sites)
The document includes biodiversity metric data values and formulae which are used to calculate biodiversity value.
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-4588-1
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This document includes all the biodiversity metric data value inputs and formulae for calculating biodiversity value for the purposes of biodiversity net gain.
This act paper has been laid in Parliament pursuant to Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021.
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Published 29 November 2023