Ecology, BNG and Protected Species – Page 7
Ecology surveys, biodiversity net gain, protected species licences and survey seasons.
Ecology, BNG and Protected Species articles – page 7
151 articlesThe small sites metric: when it can be used
The simplified metric is usually right for a self-builder putting up one or two houses. It is also the tool most often used on sites that do not qualify, which costs months.
Statutory biodiversity credits and the evidence to avoid them
Reaching for statutory credits signals that the design or the off site search went wrong earlier. Here is the evidence an authority expects before accepting that you had no alternative.
Buying off site biodiversity units: the process
Units have to match the habitat you are losing, come from registered land, and be formally allocated to your development before the gain plan can be approved. Leaving that until after permission stops sites starting.
The 30 year management obligation in biodiversity net gain
Thirty years is a statutory minimum, not a management aspiration. Getting the legal mechanism, the habitat management plan and the funding right at the start avoids a dispute in year seven.
Irreplaceable habitats and why the metric cannot trade them
Ancient woodland and the other listed habitats generate no tradeable units. Map them and their buffers before you draw a layout, not after the metric has been run.
The biodiversity gain plan and what the council approves
The metric is a spreadsheet. The gain plan is the submission the council actually approves, and no development may lawfully begin until it has been.
Bat mitigation class licence: who can use it and when
The class licence removes an application step, not a competence requirement. Only a registered consultant may use it, and the species and roost criteria exclude a good proportion of sites.
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