Make on-site biodiversity gains as a developer
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Details how developers can deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG) through creating and enhancing habitat on-site.
Document History
Last updated: 14 July 2026 - Added that from 6 August 2026, small (‘minor’) developments that are not already exempt can consider options 1 and 2 for achieving biodiversity net gain (BNG) at the same, and choose to go straight to offsite delivery. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-on-site-biodiversity-gains-as-a-developer and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 29 November 2023.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
