Redditch’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.

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

Redditch is part of the Worcestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in the BNG Page.

Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

In England, biodiversity net gain is set out under Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021).

The Environment Act 2021 makes a 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandatory for all but exempt and small sites from 12 February 2024 and for small sites from 2 April 2024. From these dates, all qualifying planning applications will need to include the minimum national information (set out in Article 7 of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015) to be valid.

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