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  • Biodiversity net gain

    Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments

    A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Statutory biodiversity metric tools and guides

    Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Understanding biodiversity net gain

    Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Calculate biodiversity value with the statutory biodiversity metric

    When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Import or export endangered species: check if you need a CITES permit

    Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Wild birds: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Statutory biodiversity credit prices

    The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Habitats and species of principal importance in England

    List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Sell biodiversity units as a land manager

    How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Meet biodiversity net gain requirements: steps for developers

    What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

    How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Statutory biodiversity credits

    Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Register a biodiversity gain site

    Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain

    How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Creating a habitat management and monitoring plan for BNG

    What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.  

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Complying with the biodiversity duty

    As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Make on-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Meet your BNG requirements: steps to take for land managers

    Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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