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How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
The sale of land is determined by the potential number of homes that a housing developer or registered provider can build on a given site.
A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development at the same time.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Find out if you need to carry out the sequential test as part of your flood risk assessment and how to complete one.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Land is to be acquired by government to underpin nuclear revival.
How the Ministry of Defence estate is adapting to climate change, including nature conservation on the estate.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development, building new homes in right places and protecting the Green Belt.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
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