Ipswich’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.

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

Ipswich is part of the Suffolk Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy 4 of the BNG Guidance (adopted May 2023).

Considering biodiversity net gain at the initial stages of the development management process will help to achieve better outcomes for biodiversity and will avoid the need to retrofit biodiversity net gain measures at a late stage resulting in costly changes to design proposals.

See also the Local Plan and the BNG Page.

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