We’ll Now Complete Your Biodiversity Gain Plan (BGP)

Written By Ian Hambleton

A common pain point we hear from developers, ecologists and planning consultants is the complexity of completing the Biodiversity Gain Plan (BGP) – a crucial document required for planning sign-off under Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) rules.

At Biodiversity Units UK, we’ve always supported clients with parts of this form, but demand has made one thing clear: people need more help. So from today, we’re making a change.

Introducing our new BGP Completion Service

We will now complete the entire Biodiversity Gain Plan form on behalf of our clients – either as part of our BNG Certainty service (free of charge), or as a standalone service (£500+VAT).

If you’re purchasing off-site units through us and using our BNG Certainty offer, the BGP service comes included – no extra cost. If you’re managing BNG another way but still need help completing your BGP, we’re happy to assist for a fixed fee.

What’s included?

We’ll compile and submit the full BGP form for you, pulling together information from:

  • Your development site – address, planning reference, project details

  • Your appointed ecologist – including survey data and Defra Metric files

  • Any off-site unit providers – including Natural England site and unit reference numbers

It’s part of our mission to make BNG delivery more certain, less stressful and fully compliant.

Things we’ll need in order to complete you BGP Plan

  • All ecology reports 

  • Habitat Survey

  • Baseline Survey

  • Defra Biodiversity Metric (which has the off-site metric tabs completed by the supplier if purchasing off-site units)

    • Off-site BNG units - Proof of purchase 

  • Plans

    • Site plans

    • Proposed site layout showing habitat retention, creation, or enhancement

    • Details of habitat types, condition, and distinctiveness post-development

    • Existing site habitat maps

    • Proposed habitat maps

  • On-site HMMP if applicable, including:

    • Long term strategy and monitoring schedule

    • Responsible parties for implementation and monitoring

Need help with your BGP?

Get in touch today to use our new service – and make one more step in your planning journey easier.

👉 Contact us now - info@biodiversity-units.uk

Ian Hambleton
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