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.