Bradford’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.

Bradford’s pre-application advice service can be found here.

Bradford is part of the West Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in the BNG Guidance.

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is an approach to development and land management that leaves biodiversity in a measurably better state than before the development took place. Currently, although certain sites are protected, there are limited mechanisms to value, maintain, enhance or create wider habitats. As a result, habitats continue to be lost to built development, reducing nature's ability to connect and thrive. While saving wildlife in protected nature reserves has its place, scientific evidence informs us that nature recovery requires a strategic approach at the landscape scale, making places for nature that are “bigger, better and more joined up”.

A new Local Plan is currently in development. See also the BNG Page.

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