Newham’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.

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

Newham is part of the Greater London Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy GWS3 the Local Plan (adopted December 2022).

4. Development should deliver a Biodiversity Net Gain of at least 10 per cent, secured in perpetuity (at least 30 years), especially those sites that are adjacent to a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation or which could strengthen or better connect to an existing green corridor. 5. Development should meet the London Plan (2021) Urban Greening Factor or a bespoke Newham Urban Greening Factor.

N/A