Baker Consultants Ltd

The implications of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) are far reaching not only for the development industries such as house building but also for landowners and land managers who will be delivering BNG units. The Environment Bill gained Royal Assent on Tuesday 9 November 2021, setting out the legal requirement for most types of development to achieve 10% net gain for biodiversity. However, the legal requirement to deliver 10% BNG is reliant on secondary legislation which has yet to come forward. We are still therefore in a ‘no man’s land’ between the legislation being finalised and the current national and local plan policies.