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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Alice Hibbert

A greater target should be delivered - a number of other Councils have already got plans with 20% net gain.

Purchasing of ‘biodiversity units’ as a way of ‘off-setting’ will never improve biodiversity. Supporting the existing biodiversity, safeguarding and supporting areas of higher biodiversity already in existence is crucial. Research shows that developers aren’t implementing the ecological and biodiversity enhancements they originally claim to.

This is a huge systemic issue and regulatory failure. In over 50% of cases the ‘net-gain’ exists only in on paper not in practice. Article reference: https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost-nature-report/