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Government plans to strip back environmental restrictions on smaller developments in a bid to accelerate housebuilding have been welcomed by construction leaders as heralding a more proportionate approach to environmental regulation.<\/p>\n

But nature bodies warned the move left biodiversity net gain (BNG) protections \u201cdead in the water\u201d as the majority of schemes would no longer be compelled to compensate for the loss of nature.<\/p>\n

It comes just three months after 40 leading housebuilders, investment firms and environmental groups, including Wates<\/a>, wrote an open letter to the government emphasising \u201cthe importance of maintaining and expanding the world-leading policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, the plans would see BNG requirements slackened<\/a> for all \u201csmall site\u201d housebuilding projects \u2013 those containing up to nine dwellings \u2013 and for developments of between 10 and 49 homes, which would come under a newly created \u201cmedium site\u201d category.<\/p>\n

A working paper issued for consultation<\/a> sets out proposals to remove and streamline \u201cdisproportionate requirements\u201d on small and medium sites, while maintaining and strengthening obligations on major developments.<\/p>\n

For the smallest sites, BNG conditions would be reduced \u2013 \u201cincluding the option of a full exemption\u201d \u2013 which the government said aligned with the proportionate approach taken to wider requirements, including affordable housing.<\/p>\n

Developments falling under the new medium category would also see their BNG requirements simplified under the proposals.<\/p>\n

The government said it was considering how to \u201c[reduce] administrative and financial burdens for SME developers and [make] it easier for them to deliver BNG to help restore nature on medium sites by consulting on applying a revised simplified metric for medium sites\u201d.<\/p>\n

The planned changes were welcomed by the National Federation of Builders, which said the new size thresholds would allow regulatory regimes to operate more proportionately.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolicy trials, for example on BNG, can be tested at greater scales without fear of policy failure,\u201d said Rico Wojtulewicz, head of policy and market insight at the federation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor BNG, we hope this means gardens, fabric and site design solutions can now see a route to implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Royal Town Planning Institute also backed the proposals as a practical way forward, on the condition that they were accompanied by provisions to ensure that nature was protected in the longer term.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision to exempt small sites from BNG requirements is a sensible approach given the severe lack of resourcing and ecological skills available to local authorities,\u201d said Robbie Calvert, the institute\u2019s head of policy and public affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we expect the government to develop long-term solutions to ensure nature is protected and enhanced by the planning system without starving the country of the economic growth it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

But environmental organisations said the planned exemptions would mean over 70 per cent of housing developments were no longer obliged to compensate for nature loss, while allowing larger projects to be broken up into smaller schemes to dodge the rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cExempting small sites would mean almost three quarters of developments face no requirement to compensate for nature loss \u2013 let alone enhance it,\u201d said Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of 89 nature organisations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese changes could leave the BNG system dead in the water and, with it, the government\u2019s main guarantee of nature-positive planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cBNG is there to ensure that local communities aren\u2019t robbed of the green spaces that make places better to live in, and that developers can\u2019t take from nature without giving something back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis should be the rule, not the exception.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wildlife Trusts said the government had underestimated the cumulative impact of smaller developments on the protection of nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding developments can have a huge impact on wildlife and it\u2019s only fair they should make up for this by increasing natural habitats onsite or nearby,\u201d said Joan Edwards, director of policy and public affairs at the trusts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK government\u2019s proposal to exempt small developments from delivering biodiversity net gain and contributing towards nature recovery fails to recognise the significant cumulative impacts such development can have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Views are being sought on the government\u2019s approach through a consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on BNG implementation for minor, medium and brownfield development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The department is consulting separately on requirements for nationally significant infrastructure projects<\/a>, with measures due to come into force from next May.<\/p>\n

Both consultations close on 24 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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