PLEASE NOTE the ACIB (Areas that Could be of particular Importance for Biodiversity) it is under going an update. If you are using the mapping for BNG strategic significance uplift purposes, please see note at the bottom of this page.
The Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy mapping tool allows you to view online
- Areas of particular importance for biodiversity are the Strategy area’s national conservation sites (National Nature Reserve, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation, Marine Conservation Zones and Ramsar), Local Nature Reserves, Local Wildlife Sites and irreplaceable habitat. The areas eligible for inclusion in this map is tightly defined by the Local Nature Recovery Strategy regulations.
- Potential measures mapping identifies where the action determined as necessary for our nature recovery priorities should be strategically targeted to achieve the greatest gains for biodiversity and deliver the widest environmental benefits. It is only potential measures that are eligible for the biodiversity net gain strategic significance uplift – and only when those potential measures are delivered in the areas they have been mapped to.
- Areas that could become of particular importance for biodiversity comprise the extent of the potential measures, with areas of particular importance for biodiversity excluded. These are the areas where the Strategy proposes effort should be concentrated to restore habitat, to achieve the greatest gains for nature and to derive the greatest benefits from a healthy, functioning environment. They are the areas of Kent and Medway where targeted action will enable us to deliver on the priorities laid out by the Strategy.
- Wider measures are proposed actions which would be similarly beneficial over wide areas or those where it was not possible to determine specific locations to carry out the proposed action. Collectively, these wider measures identify areas of additional opportunities for nature recovery but do not form a part of the formal Strategy’s local habitat map. Wider measures are NOT eligible for the biodiversity net gain strategic significance uplift – this only applies to potential measures.
PLEASE NOTE the ACIB (Areas that Could be of particular Importance for Biodiversity) it is under going an update. If you are using the mapping for BNG strategic significance uplift purposes, please see below.
To be eligible for the 15% strategic significance uplift-
- The location of the habitat parcel must be mapped as an area where a potential measure has been proposed.
- The proposed intervention is consistent with the mapped potential measure for the habitat parcel.
- If the site is within the mapped APIB (Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity) it has some level of protection already, please view latest government advice Biodiversity net gain – GOV.UK for eligibility. If not, this means that the site sits within the ACIB and so is eligible for the 15% strategic significance uplift.
Click here for guidance on how to use the online mapping tool