We’ll Complete Your Biodiversity Gain Plan (BGP)

A common pain point we hear from developers, ecologists and planning consultants is the complexity of completing the Biodiversity Gain Plan (BGP)

This is a crucial document required for planning sign-off under Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) rules.

We complete the entire Biodiversity Gain Plan form on behalf of our clients – either:

1. Free of charge as part of our BNG Certainty service.
   If you’re purchasing off-site units through us and using our BNG Certainty offer, the BGP service comes included – no extra cost.

2. A standalone service (£500+VAT).
   If you’re managing BNG another way but still need help completing your BGP, we’re happy to assist for a fixed fee.

Read below for more details or if you want help with your BGP, get in touch:

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

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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 need in order to complete your 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?

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