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Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

“Under the mandatory system, developments (with some exceptions) are required to deliver 10% BNG. This will be achieved by delivering habitat on-site or, if that is not possible, through buying off-site biodiversity units.”

Developers may have access to their own BNG units and may not have to buy them.

“The purchase of registered offsite biodiversity units using the Local Nature Recovery Strategy as a guide and in line with the below locational hierarchy:
- Within the Local Planning Authority area where the impact occurs
- Within a neighbouring Local Planning Authority area
- Within Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
- Elsewhere in England”

The policy might also include reference to the provision of BNG units within the wider West Midlands before extending to the rest of the country.