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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/schedule-2A/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/schedule-2A/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Schedule—\n“biodiversity credits” means credits under section 101 of the Environment Act 2021;\n“biodiversity gain site register” means the register under section 100 of the Environment Act 2021;\na “biodiversity metric” is a means of measuring the biodiversity value or relative biodiversity value of habitat or habitat enhancement;\n“development consent order application” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2);\n“English inshore region” and “English offshore region” have the meanings given by section 322 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;\n“excluded development” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2);\n“existing national policy statement” has the meaning given by paragraph 9(12);\n“irreplaceable habitat” has the meaning given in regulations under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“onsite habitat”, in relation to any development, means habitat on the land to which the development consent order application relates, and “offsite habitat” means habitat on other land;\n“registered offsite biodiversity gain” has the meaning given by paragraph 10 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (7.5.2026) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(3), Sch. 15 para. 5 (with s. 144); S.I. 2026/492, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/schedule/2A/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+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."
}