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ID sylw: 106478

Derbyniwyd: 28/02/2025

Ymatebydd: McCarthy Stone and Churchill Living

Asiant : The Planning Bureau Ltd

The Council should ensure that the proposed policy wording is consistent with relevant government guidance and Regulations. Although we recognise that the 10% is a minimum it should be for the developer to decide whether to go beyond this figure not the Council. It is important to remember that that it is impossible to know what the cost of delivering net gain is until the base level of biodiversity on a site is known and consequently what is required to
achieve a 10% net gain. On some sites this may be achievable on site with no reduction in developable area, for others it may require a large proportion of it to be addressed offsite or a significant reduction in the developable area – a far more expensive option that could
render a site unviable without a reduction in other policy requirements. The council should therefore not require BNG of greater than the 10%.