2025
This is the LCNR’s response to Defra’s consultation to change the exemptions for applying rules on Biodiversity Net Gain to sites under development.
In our response we raise concerns about the effect that the proposed changes will have on the demand for units on the off-site BNG market, based on research into the outcomes of the off-site market, and highlight the potential for worsening ecological outcomes from the changes proposed to the Small Sites Metric.
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