Gedling’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.

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

Gedling is part of the Nottinghamshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in the BNG Policy.

This Interim Planning Policy Statement (IPPS) seeks to add further detail to the requirements of the Environment Act 2021 in relation to achieving Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) from the development of land. Secondary Legislation in the form of Draft Regulations on Biodiversity Net Gain have been published by Government and these are reflected in the IPPS. The IPPS will also support adopted local plan policy set out in Aligned Core Strategy Policy 17 (Biodiversity) and Local Planning Document Policy LPD 18 (Protecting and Enhancing Biodiversity). The provisions of the Environment Act 2021 to secure mandatory biodiversity net gain from qualifying developments is expected to come into force from January 2024 for major sites and from April 2024 for small sites.

A new Local Plan is currently being developed.

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