Housing: Construction
Commons · Question 30440 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support developers to comply with biodiversity net gain policy for large housing developments when credits (a) are and (b) are not available.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 18 Feb 2025
The Government has published extensive guidance on biodiversity net gain (BNG), alongside the statutory biodiversity metric tool, which supports developers in calculating the biodiversity value of their developments. Defra are also funding the Planning Ad...