Fareham’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.

Fareham’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.

Fareham is part of the Hampshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG Requirements are set out in Policy 9.32 of the Local Plan.

The Council expects Biodiversity Net Gain provision for applications for development of one or more new dwelling or commercial buildings (including redevelopment). This includes those on brownfield sites subject to the exemption tests which is set out below. This is in recognition that Biodiversity Net Gain can also be provided offsite where it is demonstrated that it cannot be adequately accommodated onsite. Smaller wildlife features such as bat boxes and swift bricks could be included as part of a wider biodiversity enhancement and mitigation plan, separate to biodiversity net gain commitments.

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