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Before you apply

Youll need:

• the title deeds or lease agreement to prove ownership

• written authorisation from the landowner or leaseholder if youre applying on their behalf

• a document or image showing the land boundary this must not include any personal information, like a landowners name

• a legal agreement that secures the land for at least 30 years this must be aplanning obligation (Section 106 agreement) orconservation covenant

• completedstatutory biodiversity metric tool calculations that include information about all the land secured by the legal agreement

• ahabitat management and monitoring plan(this may be within your legal agreement)

• alocal land charge search certificate

Registration fees

It costs 639 to register a biodiversity gain site. You must pay within 28 days of submitting your application.

What happens after you apply

We will let you know within 6 weeks if:

• we need more information from you
• your application to register your biodiversity gain site has been accepted or rejected

If we accept your application, you will get an email with a gain site reference number. This is unique to your biodiversity gain site.

If we reject your application, we will let you know why.

If you also want to record allocation of off-site gains to a development

You can apply to register a biodiversity site and allocate to a development at the same time.

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Signing into this service

Youll need a Government Gateway account and a Defra account to sign into this service.

If you do not already have these accounts or wish to create new ones, you can set these up when you use this service.

You should use your own email address for these accounts, so we can contact you about your application. It can be either your personal email or your work email, if you are applying for anorganisation.

Saving your progress

You can save your application and come back to it at any time.

Continue with a saved application

Withdrawals and refunds

Once we have made a decision on your application you cannot withdraw it. Refunds will not be given.

You can read the terms and conditionsfor more information on withdrawals, refunds and how we approve or reject applications.

Contact us if you need help

Telephone: 0300 060 3900

Opening times:

• March to September Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
• October to February Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm

Closed on public holidays.

Find out about call charges.

Email: biodiversitynetgainenquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

We aim to reply within 10 working days.