Redcar & Cleveland’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.

Redcar & Cleveland’s pre-application advice service can be found here.

Redcar & Cleveland is part of the Tees Valley Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in Policy 7.37 of the Local Plan (adopted May 2018).

Wherever possible developments should provide 'net gains' in the value of biodiversity. That is, the positive impacts of the development on biodiversity, such as on species composition, habitat structure or ecosystem services, should outweigh any loss. However, positive gains in species composition will not always be appropriate to outweigh any loss in diversity within a species, that is, a gain in one or more species may not compensate for diminishment of another. Where, as a last resort, compensation is provided this should be local to the area of loss.

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