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On-site and off-site improvements

On-site and off-site improvements can be secured to meet biodiversity targets. On-site refers to any land within the boundary of the project (the red line boundary on your site map). Off-site relates to any land outside of the defined boundary.  

It is expected that developers will prioritise on-site gains, shifting to off-site gains when the required gains cannot be achieved on-site. As such, biodiversity units have a higher price than other biodiversity gains on the market. 

Significant on-site gains are expected to be secured for a minimum of 30 years.

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