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LPA Guide: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
LPA Guide: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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Written by Oliver Lewis
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General Advice

Local validation requirements here

King's Lynn and West Norfolk’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"

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Pre-Application Advice Service

King's Lynn and West Norfolk’s pre-application advice service can be foundhere.


Local Nature Recovery Strategy

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is part of the Norfolk Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Information can be foundhere.


Specific Requirements

Specific BNG requirements are set out in the BNG Page.

Through the Environment Act (2021) the Government is introducing new Biodiversity Net Gain regulations. These stipulate that development must have a positive impact on biodiversity, which means that almost all new developments must be able to show that they result in more, or better quality, natural habitats than existed before the development took place.

This will change the process of applying for planning permission because it means developers must make plans for improving the biodiversity of development sites and provide additional documents to demonstrate how they will deliver these plans.


Strategic Significance

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