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Planning Permission: Biodiversity

Commons · Question 65963 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish a publicly accessible register of biodiversity net gain credit schemes with information on (a) location, (b) pricing and (c) habitat type to sup

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jul 2025

Statutory credits are a last resort way of achieving BNG. They are different from biodiversity units, which are sold in the offsite market. If developers buy statutory credits, this is because it is not possible to restore habitats on-site or units are no...