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Representation ID: 5069

Received: 16/03/2023

Respondent: Sussex Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We recognise that the policy supporting this allocation contains wording to avoid impacts to biodiversity and seeks opportunity for gains to biodiversity and Green Infrastructure. As mentioned previously, we question whether the policy could provide more clarity regarding levels of BNG, as we have seen in other Local Authority Plans. For example, the Environment Act will make a minimum of 10% Biodiversity Net Gain mandatory by November 2023, and as such this should be made clear in the policy. Alternatively, if CDC is seeking to be more ambitious by setting a minimum of 20% BNG for major development, as seen in the Adopted Worthing Local Plan, this could be specified.