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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Mr Kite?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Would you specifically want to see an increase in net gain from 10% and would that feasible and how high would you want that to make it deliverable as well?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Could you share with us the examples of local authorities where you have seen that?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Thank you, that would be very kind. The changes that have been brought in to introduce biodiversity net gain requirements, are they having an overall impact on the aim of nature recovery?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Some very quick questions from me, and I would appreciate some very concise answers, if that is okay, because we have a lot to cover. This is all about BNG and first I want to ask you all: if Government does achieve the 1.5 million homes, will current biodiversity net gain requirements be sufficient to ensure that the

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

How about yourself, Dr Hills?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Under biodiversity net gain, developers need to provide at least 10% of improvements, but previous oral evidence that we have on this suggested that local authorities were struggling to justify asking for more than that. Is the evidence of local authorities asking for more than 10% in gains available? Do you know wheth

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Would you specifically want to see an increase in net gain from 10% and would that feasible and how high would you want that to make it deliverable as well?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Thank you, that would be very kind. The changes that have been brought in to introduce biodiversity net gain requirements, are they having an overall impact on the aim of nature recovery?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Under biodiversity net gain, developers need to provide at least 10% of improvements, but previous oral evidence that we have on this suggested that local authorities were struggling to justify asking for more than that. Is the evidence of local authorities asking for more than 10% in gains available? Do you know wheth

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Are there any examples where developers have agreed with more than 10% that you are aware of?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Brilliant, thank you. That would be very kind. Any other comments on those points? No, okay.

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Thank you, that is useful. How confident are you that there is sufficient transparency, consistency and accountability in the way that developers and builders are required to deliver BNG improvements? Shall we start again with you, Ms Neal? Sorry, I am just going right to left.

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Is there anything that you would recommend us to point to that might improve that situation?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

First question to Ms Postlethwaite if that is okay. Are biodiversity net gain requirements making any difference to the way that housing developments are being planned and delivered than previously?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Back to you, Dr Boulton, if that is okay. Previously we had a witness note that biodiversity net gain means that ecologists are now being consulted on developing designs much earlier in the process. Is this the experience across ecologists working in the field, do you think, at the moment or do you think there is still

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Mr Kite?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Are there any examples where developers have agreed with more than 10% that you are aware of?

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Brilliant, thank you. That would be very kind. Any other comments on those points? No, okay.

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5 Feb 2025Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439)

Thank you, that is useful. How confident are you that there is sufficient transparency, consistency and accountability in the way that developers and builders are required to deliver BNG improvements? Shall we start again with you, Ms Neal? Sorry, I am just going right to left.

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