Policy information sourced from the Biggleswade Neighbourhood Plan

BGS1: Biodiversity and Wildlife

  1. Development must have no overall or significant adverse impact on Biggleswade’s natural and green environment.
  2. Any loss of ecology or wildlife habitat, including overgrown sites, must be balanced by positive design and landscape features within the development, including features to support wildlife or local food growing, trees, hedges or other landscape features.
  3. Development must achieve biodiversity net gain, where practicable.
  4. Development should retain existing trees and hedges and incorporate them into the design, layout and landscaping.
  5. Where loss of trees is unavoidable, suitable replacements using native species must be provided within the development, to provide a similar level of amenity.

For more information, please visit the Biggleswade Neighbourhood Plan