Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 28
28
Not Addressed
Clarify responsibilities for oversight, enforcement, and standardised monitoring of off-site Biodiversity Net Gain projects.
Recommendation
More clarity is needed on how off-site Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) projects will be maintained, monitored, and enforced over the full 30-year period. We ask the Government, in response to this report, to lay out clearly who is responsible for oversight and enforcement of BNG throughout its lifespan, and how monitoring and enforcement is standardised across Local Planning Authorities to ensure consistent delivery. (Recommendation, Paragraph 112) 90
Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses whole-life carbon assessments and updating Planning Practice Guidance for carbon emissions, completely failing to address the recommendation for clarity on how off-site BNG projects will be maintained, monitored, and enforced.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
82. For the reasons outlined in our response to recommendation 24, we do not agree with mandating whole life carbon assessments at this time, however, we have committed to update Planning Practice Guidance to assist local authorities in considering carbon emissions within the plan-making process, and to support developers in using carbon accounting to reduce carbon emissions as part of their development proposals.