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Representation ID: 12179

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Woodland Trust

We welcome inclusion of a policy on biodiversity net gain. We note that you have specified a minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain, as is likely to be required in the Environment Bill when it is enacted. However, like most other conservation organisations, we prefer to see a minimum of 20% net gain, in order to ensure that significant benefits for wildlife are delivered by all developments.

We believe that a higher BNG requirement (ie 20%) would be justified in the case of the Black Country, which is a highly industrialised area which currently has quite low levels of biodiversity.