Coventry’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.

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

Coventry is part of the West Midlands Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy 4.2 of the BNG Supplementary Planning Document (Adopted December 2022).

To demonstrate how proposals meet policy requirements applicants should:

a. Undertake an ecological assessment of the habitat and key biodiversity features of the site;

b. Use a recognised metric (see paragraph 4.12) to assess the biodiversity value of the site and the impact of the proposed development; and

c. Agree appropriate mitigation for any impact of the development by ensuring that overall, the number of biodiversity units is increased.

See also the Local Plan (Adopted 6 December 2017).

Specific Strategic Significance requirements are set out in Policy 2 of the Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy (Adopted June 2023).

The existing baseline conditions of the site detailed in the table (page 7) are taken from the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal carried out by Middlemarch in May 2023 (Report RT-MME-160440-01).