BNG Reform July 2026: The 0.2 Hectare Exemption and What It Means for Developers and UK Biodiversity Net Gain
Roughly half of all residential planning permissions in England could be freed from mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements before the end of July 2026 — a seismic shift that will redraw the surveying workload for ecologists and reshape demand for off-site BNG units almost overnight. Defra's April 2026 response to its earlier consultation confirmed a […]
