National Requirements – Biodiversity Net Gain

All Major applications (from 12 February 2024) and certain other planning applications (from 2 April 2024) must be accompanied by the statutory national Biodiversity Net Gain requirements unless exempt. Find the minimum information required to be submitted at validation stage on the Government’s website. If this information is not provided, the local planning authority will likely refuse to validate the application.

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What to submit with your planning application - national and local validation requirements
National Information/Validation Requirements
Local Information/Validation Requirements
Validation Checklist - Advertisement Consent
Validation Checklist - Householder Planning Application
Validation Checklist - Lawful Development Certificate: existing use, operation or activity
Validation Checklist - Lawful Development Certificate: proposed use or development
Validation Checklist - Listed Building Consent
Validation Checklist - Major Planning Application
Validation Checklist - Planning Permission
Validation checklist - Application for Prior Approval: agricultural or forestry building
Validation Checklist - Application for Prior Approval: new dwellings
National Requirements - Design and Access Statement (planning)
National Requirements - Design and Access Statement (Listed Building Consent)
National Requirements - the correct fee
National Requirements - Fire Statement
National Requirements - Location Plan
National Requirements - Outline Applications
National Requirements - supporting evidence (lawful development certificate)
National requirements - site plan (non householder)
National Requirements - Site Plan (Householder)
Local Requirements - Advertisement Plan
Local Requirements - Affordable Housing Statement
Local Requirements - Agricultural Statement
Local Requirements - Air Quality Assessment
Local requirements - bat survey
Local Requirements - Bat Roost Potential Assessment Form and Bat Survey (Householder)
Local Requirements - Biodiversity/ Geodiversity Survey and Report
Local Requirements - Block Plan (listed building consent)
Local Requirements - Form 1: CIL Additional Information
Local Requirements - Coal Mining Risk Assessment
Local Requirements - Crime Impact Statement
Local Requirements - Daylight/Sunlight Assessment
Local Requirements - Detailed Plans (Listed building consent)
Local Requirements - Digital Infrastructure Statement
Local Requirements - Document/Drawing Register
Local Requirements - Existing and proposed elevations
Local Requirements - Energy Statement
Local Requirements - Exposure Assessment
Local Requirements - Flood Risk Assessment
Local Requirements - Flood Risk Assessment (Householder)
Local Requirements - Flood Risk Sequential Test Evidence
Local Requirements - Existing and proposed floor plans
Local Requirements - Foul Drainage Assessment
Local Requirements - Green Belt Assessment
Local Requirements - Green Belt Assessment (householder)
Local Requirements - Heritage Statement
Local Requirements - Heritage Statement (householder)
Local Requirements - Heritage Statement (Listed Building Consent)
Local Requirements - Land Contamination Assessment (Phase I Report)
Local Requirements - Land Contamination Assessment (Phase II) Report and Risk Assessment
Local Requirements - Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
Local Requirements - Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Assessment
Local Requirements - Landscaping Scheme
Local Requirements - Lighting Assessment
Local Requirements - Additional requirements for Mineral Working Applications
Local Requirements - Noise Assessment
Local Requirements - Parameter Plans
Local Requirements - Parking Plan
Local Requirements - Planning Obligations Draft Heads of Term Statement
Local Requirements - Residential Space Standards Statement
Local Requirements - Roof Plan
Local Requirements - Existing and proposed site sections and finished floor and site levels
Local Requirements - Statement of Community Involvement
Local Requirements - Structural Survey
Local Requirements - Surface Water Drainage Details
Local Requirements - Telecommunications Developments
Local Requirements - Town Centre Uses Impact Assessment
Local Requirements - Town Centre Uses - Sequential Test
Local Requirements - Transport Assessments and Statements
Local Requirements - Travel Plan
Local Requirements - Tree Survey
Local Requirements - Tree Survey (householder)
Local Requirements - Ventilation and Extraction Statement
Local Requirements - Visual Representations
Local Requirements - Habitats Regulations Assessment and impact on South Pennine Moors
Habitat Regulations Assessment - additional information