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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Gladman Developments

Gladman believe it is inappropriate and unjustified to require a specific percentage of Environmental Net Gain. This would sit alongside requirements to provide a minimum 10% BNG. There is a danger that going further than national policy will make development undeliverable and/or unviable. The mandatory requirement for 10% BNG is already proving more complicated and difficult to implement than envisaged particularly for SME housebuilders, a part of the sector the government is very keen to support. The introduction of yet another, as yet undefined and uncosted, regulatory burden will add further costs - financial, land-take and time, and unnecessarily increase uncertainty. It would feel like another hurdle for housebuilders to overcome to achieve planning permission on sites and would frustrate delivery of much needed market and affordable housing across the South Warwickshire area.