There were 220 responses to the technical consultation on the biodiversity metric which were broadly supportive of our proposed metric updates and policy positions. The Government response (published 20 March 2023) sets out updated policy positions.
Questions in this consultation
There were 8 questions in this consultation. There were 4 additional questions for confidentiality and respondent information which were included at the beginning of the online survey only. The consultation questions were therefore numbered as follows:
Useful documents
At the bottom of this page, a PDF version of the consultation document is available. Annex A is only included in the PDF document and not within the online survey.
Purpose of this consultation
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a statutory obligation under the Environment Act 2021 to consult on a biodiversity metric for measuring biodiversity net gain.
Responses from this consultation were incorporated into the updates made.
Timeframes of this consultation
The consultation opened Tuesday 2nd August and closed at 23:59 on Tuesday 27th September.
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