Guidance and regulation

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 22 February 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

• Transferring data from 4.0 to the statutory biodiversity metric calculation tool

  To ensure that your project is still compliant with guidance and that your…

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
• Updated: 14 February 2024

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
• Updated: 2 April 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 27 February 2024

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
• Updated: 16 February 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

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
• Updated: 23 February 2024

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
• Updated: 5 April 2024

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
• Updated: 15 March 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

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
• Updated: 25 March 2024

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
• Updated: 2 April 2024

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
• Updated: 28 February 2024

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
• Updated: 10 November 2022

Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 March 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 27 February 2024

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 March 2024