Biodiversity net gain - amount charged to developers for offsite biodiversity units
Case reference FOI2023/01032
Published 23 June 2023
Request
With regards to your work around biodiversity net gain, please can you tell me:
1. How much you are currently charging, or plan to charge, developers for offsite biodiversity units so that they can meet their biodiversity net gain requirements.
2. What % of biodiversity net gain you are requiring, or expect to require, from developers.
Response
With regards to your work around biodiversity net gain, please can you tell me:
1. How much you are currently charging, or plan to charge, developers for offsite biodiversity units so that they can meet their biodiversity net gain requirements.
Herefordshire Council are not currently charging developers for offsite biodiversity units. Going forward this is being considered.
2. What % of biodiversity net gain you are requiring, or expect to require, from developers.
Nothing as of yet. This is under discussion and has not been determined, if confirmed the information will be made publicly available.
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