Derby City’s BNG level is set at 10%.

The NPPF states: "applicants are encouraged to consider biodiversity net gain early in the development process and factor it into site selection and design. Where appropriate, they should discuss the biodiversity net gain requirements for their development upfront with the relevant local planning authority utilising any pre-application advice services offered by them. This could help establish whether development proposals would be subject to biodiversity net gain and, if they are, enable feedback on the proposed strategy for achieving the biodiversity gain objective and consideration of the Biodiversity Gain Hierarchy to inform the design of the proposals"

Please note, If you work for the LPA and wish to add additional information, please inform the Joe's Blooms team here.

Derby City’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

Derby City is part of the Derbyshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy CP19 of the Local Plan (adopted January 2017).

The Council will seek to avoid, minimise and mitigate the impacts on biodiversity and contribute to the City’s ecological and geological resources resulting in a net gain in biodiversity over the plan period.

See also BNG Guide where BNG Net gain report will be published February 2025.

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