Hartlepool’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.

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

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

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy 16.13 the Local Plan (adopted May 2018).

The Government’s Natural Environment White Paper recognises the economic and social benefits of the natural environment as well as its intrinsic value and sets out an agenda to achieve the recovery of nature moving from net loss to net gain. Key points in this agenda have been to reform the planning process to enable development to enhance natural networks while retaining emphasis on protection and improvements, and establishing Local Nature Partnerships (LNP) to strengthen and coordinate local action across administrative boundaries.

See also the BNG Page.

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