Folkstone and Hythe’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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Folkstone and Hythe’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

Folkstone and Hythe is part of the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in Policy CSD4.1 of the Core Strategy Review (adopted March 2022).

The council will require development proposals over their lifetime: i. To provide net gains in biodiversity at least to comply with statutory and/or national policy requirements (assuming no residual loss)

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