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BNG Go Live Date Announced

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By Anne Harrison

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Published 22 January 2024

Overview

The Government has confirmed that Biodiversity Net Gain ("BNG") is coming in on 12th February 2024. The Regulations bringing it in confirm that the requirement for BNG will not apply where the planning application was made before 12/2/2024.

It will also not apply to section 73 applications where—

(a) the original planning permission to which the section 73 planning permission relates was
granted before 12th February 2024; or
(b) the application for the original planning permission to which the section 73 planning permission
relates was made before 12th February 2024.

The Regulations introducing it can be found here.

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