2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council require a higher biodiversity net gain commitment from new developments?

Question code
5.9
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Biodiversity Net-Gain
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Criteria met if any policy within the Local Plan states that the council is asking for biodiversity net gain above the minimum 10% required by the UK Government.

Clarifications

nan

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

0 points

151 district councils

1 point

13 district councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

district councils

88
councils scored higher in 2025
55
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Canterbury City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Guildford Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Horsham District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Maidstone Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Mid Sussex District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Mole Valley District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Sevenoaks District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
South Oxfordshire District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Uttlesford District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Vale of White Horse District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Worthing Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Adur District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Amber Valley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Arun District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ashfield District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Ashford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Babergh District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Basildon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bassetlaw District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Blaby District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bolsover District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Borough of Broxbourne
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Boston Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Braintree District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Breckland District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Brentwood Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Broadland District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Bromsgrove District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Broxtowe Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Burnley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Cambridge City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cannock Chase District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Castle Point Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Charnwood Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Chelmsford City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cheltenham Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Cherwell District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Chesterfield Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Chichester District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Chorley Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
City of Lincoln Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Colchester Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Cotswold District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Crawley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dacorum Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dartford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dover District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Eastbourne Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Cambridgeshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Devon District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Hampshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Hertfordshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Eastleigh Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Lindsey District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Suffolk Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Elmbridge Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Epping Forest District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Erewash Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Exeter City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Fareham Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fenland District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Forest of Dean District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fylde Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gedling Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucester City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gosport Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gravesham Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Harborough District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Harlow Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hart District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hastings Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Havant Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hertsmere Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
High Peak Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Huntingdonshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hyndburn Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ipswich Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancaster City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lewes District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lichfield District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Maldon District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Malvern Hills District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mansfield District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Melton Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Devon District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Suffolk District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
New Forest District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Devon Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
North East Derbyshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Hertfordshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Kesteven District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Norfolk District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Warwickshire Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North West Leicestershire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norwich City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Oxford City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Pendle Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Preston City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Redditch Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Rochford District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Rossendale Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rother District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rugby Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Runnymede Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rushmoor Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Cambridgeshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Derbyshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Hams District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Holland District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Kesteven District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Norfolk District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Ribble Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Staffordshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Spelthorne Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stafford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
St Albans City and District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Stevenage Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stroud District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swale Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Tamworth Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tandridge District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Teignbridge District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tendring District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Test Valley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Thanet District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Three Rivers District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Torridge District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwick District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Watford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Waverley Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wealden District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Welwyn Hatfield Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Devon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Lancashire Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lindsey District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Oxfordshire District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Suffolk Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Winchester City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Woking Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcester City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wychavon District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wyre Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wyre Forest District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found