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

Warrington is part of the Cheshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in Policy MD1.3.26 of the Local Plan (adopted December 2023).

A scheme for measurable biodiversity net gain should be demonstrated through the use of a metric supported by Natural England and provided for all development parcels that come forward for planning approval. Mitigation measures for loss of habitat will only be allowed if shown to be necessary by application of the mitigation hierarchy.

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