Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explains how legal agreements can be entered into for the purposes of biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Document History
Last updated: 2 June 2026 - Updated to apply to nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs). Biodiversity net gain will be mandatory for NSIPs from 2 November 2026.update. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/enter-a-legal-agreement-for-biodiversity-net-gain and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 29 November 2023.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
