East Riding of Yorkshire’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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East Riding of Yorkshire’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

East Riding of Yorkshire is part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in Policy 8.75 of the Local Plan Update (adopted May 2021).

New developments are expected to optimise opportunities to safeguard biodiversity and geodiversity, and deliver enhancements that result in a net gain in biodiversity. Biodiversity net gain is an approach that delivers measurable improvements for biodiversity by creating or enhancing habitats in association with developments26. Biodiversity net gain will be a statutory requirement for most planning applications. It will require development to deliver a 10% net gain in biodiversity (habitat) units, as determined by the Defra metric. The net gain can be delivered on or off site, or using a combination of measures. The preference is for it to be provided on site, or within a local habitat restoration / creation scheme such as a Nature Recovery Network. Net gain does not apply to irreplaceable habitats and any requirement for a development which may impact on a protected site is additional to any existing legal or policy requirements for statutory protected areas.

See also the BNG Page.

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