Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain
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How land managers, developers, local planning authorities (LPAs) and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities (LPAs) and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Who can enter into a legal agreement for BNG
- Land managers
- Developers
- LPAs and responsible bodies
- On-site gains
- Developments that need planning permission
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects
- Off-site gains
- How to enter a legal agreement
- Planning obligation
- Conservation covenant agreement
- How long your legal agreement must last
- Habitat enhancement works
- What to include in your legal agreement
- How you'll allocate habitat enhancements
- Habitat location
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain’ (updated 2 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026