FI16538

Request

I understand that, under the biodiversity net gain (BNG) regime, developers may purchase off‑site biodiversity credits from local authorities or other landowners, and that your authority appears on the biodiversity gain sites register. 

I am requesting the following information held by your authority in relation to biodiversity gain sites where the authority owns or manages the land used for BNG purposes: 

1. Please provide the revenue and volumes of biodiversity units sold for each biodiversity gain site: 

1.1. The total amount of money received by your organisation from the sale of biodiversity units (or credits) arising from land it owns or manages for BNG purposes. 

1.2. The total number of biodiversity units (or credits) sold. With the data being: 

1.2.1. broken down by financial year (or calendar year, if that is how the data is held), and 

1.2.2. broken down by habitat type as recorded for BNG purposes (e.g. habitat category/metric habitat type), and where possible, broken down by biodiversity gain site. 

2. Please provide any information you hold about the pricing of biodiversity credits for different habitat types, including: 

2.1. The price(s) per unit charged for different habitat types or categories (e.g. baseline price lists, internal pricing schedules, or similar documents). 

2.2. Any information showing how prices differ between sites (if applicable). Where possible, please indicate the time period during which each price (or price list) was in effect (e.g. by year or date range).

Response

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, we have established that this information is not held. This is because Dover District Council does not own or manage any land for BNG purposes.