Newark & Sherwood’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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Newark & Sherwood’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

Newark & Sherwood is part of the Nottinghamshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in theBiodiversity Local Plan.

We’re proud of our natural environment and want to take care of it. That’s why we’ve brought together a range of strategies, planning policies and programmes to protect, maintain and enhance our biodiversity and landscapes. We expect development proposals to take account of biodiversity and landscape policies and we’ll work with our partners to ensure this happens.

Specific Strategic Significance requirements are set out in Policy 2.1 of the BNG Strategic Significance Policy (Adopted February 2024).

A Biodiversity Opportunity Mapping exercise undertaken by the Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group resulted in several outputs, which included Focal Area Maps which identify locations where it was considered that there are concentrations of opportunities for habitat creation, and where it was considered that activities for habitat creation and enhancement could be prioritised to provide maximum biodiversity benefits. The accompanying Biodiversity Opportunity Focal Areas Plan shows the locations of these Focal Areas and lists the priority broad habitat types. NSDC consider these to all be habitats of ‘High’ strategic significance.