Purpose

The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is providing local authorities with a funding towards expenditure to be incurred by delivering Biodiversity Net Gain.
This is a third year that the funding is available.
This new grant will support the next phase of work, including the development of legal agreement required to register the sites as a biodiversity gain sites.
The receipt of the grant is supported by approval from Portfolio Holder for Environment and ICT Cllr. Adrian Smith.

Decision

To accept the grant.

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - to accept the grant
Option 2 - not to accept the grant