Despite the timescales indicated (Nov 23 and April 24) we have seen council's adopting this already as of 2021/2022. We had an application submitted Aug 2021 refused in March 2022 as it did not achieve 10% net gain in biodiversity. During the application process the biodiversity officer did not comment on the application so we were unaware that the metric had already been adopted.
Despite the timescales indicated (Nov 23 and April 24) we have seen council's adopting this already as of 2021/2022. We had an application submitted Aug 2021 refused in March 2022 as it did not achieve 10% net gain in biodiversity. During the application process the biodiversity officer did not comment on the application so we were unaware that the metric had already been adopted.