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Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Martina Hunt

Purchasing of biodiversity units as a way of offsetting will not improve biodiversity, indeed it is a minimum cop-out. Supporting the existing biodiversity, safeguarding and supporting areas of higher biodiversity already in existence is crucial. Research shows that developers are not implementing the ecological and biodiversity enhancements they claim to do and was a core part of their planning application submissions. This is a massive systemic issue that is being ignored and is a failure in planning. In over 50% of cases the 'net gain' only ever exists on paper.