{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/934",
  "legislation_title": "The A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Development Consent Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet-development-consent-order-2022",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Biodiversity net gain assessment and offsetting scheme",
  "text": "(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until an updated biodiversity net gain assessment has been submitted to, and, following consultation with Natural England and the relevant local planning authorities, approved by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The biodiversity net gain assessment must describe—\n(a) the scope of the assessment, which must include priority habitats such as lowland mixed deciduous woodland, wood-pasture and parkland, and hedgerows;\n(b) the methodology used to collect the required data based on a metric that has been agreed with Natural England and the relevant local planning authorities (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);\n(c) the timing of the assessment; and\n(d) the assessment findings and conclusions.\n(3) If the assessment findings and conclusions demonstrate that a loss of priority habitat will be incurred, no part of the authorised development is to commence until a biodiversity offsetting scheme has been submitted to, and, following consultation with Natural England and the relevant local planning authorities, approved by the Secretary of State.\n(4) A biodiversity offsetting scheme must include—\n(a) details of how any priority habitat losses incurred as a result of the authorised development will be offset and the target condition for each habitat; and\n(b) a programme for the implementation, monitoring and management of the biodiversity offset proposals.\n(5) The biodiversity offsetting scheme must provide for its implementation before any part of the authorised development is open to traffic.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 24 in force at 8.9.2022, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/934/schedule/2/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:56:10.063424+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}