Rutland’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"

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Rutland’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

Rutland is part of the Leicestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy 4112 of Issue 1 of the Local Plan (adopted June 2022).

With regards to the Environment Bill, the National Planning Policy Framework and the Rutland Local Plan both already include a requirement for development proposals to seek to secure biodiversity net gains. However, the Environment Bill will impose a statutory requirement to achieve a 10% net gain in biodiversity value. As such, it will be necessary for the Local Plan policies to reflect this statutory requirement.

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