General Advice

North Warwickshire’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.

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

North Warwickshire is part of the Warwickshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in the Local Plan (adopted September 2021).

Developments should avoid significant harm to biodiversity by locating to an alternative site with less harmful impacts. If this is not possible, adequately mitigate the impacts or, as a last resort, compensate for the loss. Where development takes place, it should help ensure there is a measurable net gain of biodiversity and geological interest. Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Biodiversity Impact Assessment calculator will be used to assess the changes to biodiversity resulting from the development and Biodiversity Offsetting will be used where net gain cannot be achieved within the site boundary. Offsets will be sought towards enhancements of the wider ecological network in the Borough or sub-region in line with local, regional and national priorities for nature conservation

See also the BNG Page.

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