Kingston upon Hull’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.

Kingston upon Hull’s pre-application advice service can be found here.

Kingston upon Hull is part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in the BNG Page.

New statutory planning requirements have come into force. They make Biodiversity Net Gain mandatory. These new rules apply to applications for major development submitted from Monday 12 February 2024. They will apply to most other development from Tuesday 2 April 2024.

The government has produced the biodiversity metric. Developers must use this to calculate a minimum 10% gain on the pre-development biodiversity value of a site.

The metric calculates biodiversity units based on the habitats present on site or proposed to be created. Achieving 10% net gain means fully compensating for losses of habitat on a development site. It also means going further. This is so that overall there is a gain in biodiversity units of at least 10% as a result of the development process.

See also the Local Plan.

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