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Regulation 13 Required content of applications to record allocation of habitat enhancementI1

England and Wales As made

(1)

An application referred to in regulation 12(2) (made to record, in an entry in the biodiversity gain site register, the allocation of habitat enhancement to a development for which planning permission F1or development consent (as the case may be) has been granted) must include the following—

(a)

the name of the applicant;

(b)

evidence that the applicant is entitled under regulation 12 to make the application;

(c)

an address to which notices under these Regulations in connection with the application may be sent by post to the applicant;

(d)

an email address to which such notices may be sent to the applicant;

(e)

the registration number assigned to the entry in question under regulation 11(2)(b);

(f)

information identifying the development;

(g)

in relation to each habitat to which the allocated habitat enhancement relates, its projected type, size and condition as a result of the works required to be carried out to achieve the allocated habitat enhancement under—

(i)

where the land is registered in the entry in question in relation to a conservation covenant, the conservation covenant, or

(ii)

where the land is registered in the entry in question in relation to a section 106 agreement, the planning obligations in the section 106 agreement.

(h)

the biodiversity value (for the purposes of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) F2or Schedule 2A to the Planning Act 2008 (as the case may be) of the allocated habitat enhancement in relation to the development.

(2)

In paragraph (1)(g), the references to a habitat’s “type”, “size” and “condition” are to be construed in accordance with regulation 8(5).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 13(1) inserted (29.5.2026) by The Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/494), regs. 1(2), 7(a)

F2

Words in reg. 13(1)(h) inserted (29.5.2026) by The Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/494), regs. 1(2), 7(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 13 in force at 12.2.2024, see reg. 1(2)