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BNG Guide: What to do if your baseline is zero
BNG Guide: What to do if your baseline is zero
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Written by Oliver Lewis
Updated over 9 months ago

Applying for a De Minimis exemption

If your baseline is zero, you are eligible for a De Minimis exemption under the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain rules.

  • You can complete the user journey by pressing "continue" and fill in the remaining information. This should take less than 5 minutes.

  • When submitting your planning application, you should state that you are eligible for the De Minimis exemption and then state that the metric shows that the baseline is zero. This means that there less than 25m² of non-zero rated habitat and, thus, you are eligible for a de minimis exemption

  • You should upload the metric sheet and the habitat plan as the evidence for this. You do not need to provide the Biodiversity Gain Plan.

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