Biodiversity Net Gain under the Environment Act 2021: key issues for Consultant Ecologists

This is a legal course for consultant ecologists on the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) (and related) provisions under the Environment Act 2021.

The course will be as follows:

Tuesday 14 December 2021: 9:00am - 11:30pm (via Zoom)

Please block out 2.5 hours for the course. We are still writing the course and are not sure of its exact length at present. We will update you.

Content

The course will focus on:

• What are the BNG requirements under the 2021 Act?
• When will the BNG legal requirements come into force?
• What legal agreements are needed to underpin biodiversity units?
• What will be the role of s106s / conservation covenants?
• What is the role of the biodiversity unit register?
• What do we expect the anticipated secondary legislation to cover?
• What will this mean for developers?
• What will this mean for landowners?
• How will this fit with existing policy-driven (development-plan) BNG requirements?

Testimonials from our 2021 courses

“Great course and trainer”

“A very good course as usual, open and friendly presentation and a resource that is not available elsewhere”

“Lovely polite and helpful staff”

“I actually enjoyed the online event more than if I’d attended the usual classroom type teaching. Less travel, less carbon footprint, no travel cost and just more comfortable and relaxed”

Cost

£95 per ticket (plus VAT). This price includes a booking fee.

All course materials will be provided.

Places are limited so we recommend that you book your place as soon as possible.

Please note that tickets may only be changed or cancelled up to seven days before the seminar is due to take place. After that date no refunds given or changes made.

In-house courses

We are also offering to run this course in house for ecological consultancies who wish to train all their ecologists at once (and benefitting from a confidential forum). Please speak to Lindsey Heath at lindsey.heath@freeths.co.uk.