Decision details
Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Planning and Community)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Department of Environment Food and Rural
Affairs (Defra) is providing local authorities with a funding
towards expenditure to be incurred by delivering Biodiversity Net
Gain.
This is a third year that the funding is available.
This new grant will support the next phase of work, including the
development of legal agreement required to register the sites as a
biodiversity gain sites.
The receipt of the grant is supported by approval from Portfolio
Holder for Environment and ICT Cllr. Adrian Smith.
Decision:
To accept the grant.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - to accept the grant
Option 2 - not to accept the grant
Publication date: 08/09/2025
Date of decision: 08/09/2025


