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ID sylw: 102049

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Savills (UK) Ltd

We understand why the Council would look to include a policy approach which duplicates the requirement of the Environment Act to provide a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) on site. We do however question whether there is any merit in doing so since the requirement is covered by separate legislation and therefore has a higher status than a development plan policy in any event.
Notwithstanding, there is potential for the details of national BNG policy to change and, over time, for the legislation and local plan policy to diverge. On balance therefore we recommend removing the policy and leaving the requirements to deliver BNG to separate legislation.