London Legacy Development Corporation’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.

London Legacy Development Corporation’s pre-application advice service can be found here.

London Legacy Development Corporation is part of the Greater London Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be found here.

Specific BNG requirements are set out in Policy BN.3 of the Local Plan (adopted July 2020).

The Legacy Corporation will work with its partners to ensure that biodiversity is protected and enhanced and new habitats are created within open space, parks and built-up neighbourhoods. Development proposals will be required to:

1. Maximise opportunities to protect and enhance biodiversity

2. Provide a net gain in the extent of good quality habitat

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