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Biodiversity Net Gain: your questions answered

24 September 2025

Biodiversity Net Gain is a legal requirement designed to protect, create, enhance, and restore our natural habitats. New developments must achieve a minimum 10% biodiversity gain, secured and maintained for at least 30 years.

To successfully navigate this, it’s important to consider Biodiversity Net Gain throughout the planning process. We combine our Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Architecture expertise — collaborating with ecological specialists — to deliver cost-effective, integrated BNG strategies across residential and commercial sites. From metric calculation to habitat design and long-term monitoring, we’ve helped clients meet BNG. And we’re here to answer your questions…

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