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SUSTAINABILITY SUPERHEROES
EPISODE 11
Navigating the Legal Terrain of Biodiversity Net Gain: A Deep Dive
You will learn:
Biodiversity net gain basics:
Find out how the new obligation on planning applications to improve biodiversity works and why you need to know about it.
Obligations for developers:
Discover which planning applications will have to provide BNG and which don't, the four ways developers can fulfil their obligations, and some potential opportunities for developers.
Opportunities for landowners:
Learn how landowners can generate new income streams from unproductive land and what they need to do to achieve this.
Responsibilities for local authorities:
Hear what local planning authorities now have to do and how they can police the BNG regime as efficiently as possible.
Speakers:
Angus Walker
Partner
BDB Pitmans
Angus Walker
Partner
BDB Pitmans
Angus Walker specialises in acting for clients who wish to promote or oppose applications for development consent orders (DCOs) for nationally significant infrastructure projects under the Planning Act 2008, with a leading practice in this field. He has been working almost exclusively in this area since it came into being in 2008, although he also advises on hybrid bills, transport and works act orders, harbours act orders and other special consents.
Since 2009 he has maintained a blog on the Planning Act 2008 regime that now has over 800 entries and over 1000 subscribers, and has set out the evolution of the infrastructure planning regime since its inception. As a result Angus is regarded as a thought leader in this area.
Stephen Marland
Host and Director of Innovation,
AiDash
Stephen Marland
Director of Product Innovation and Strategy
BNGAI by AiDash
Stephen is a resilient and entrepreneurial leader with expertise in strategy and innovation delivery. Based in London, he has more than 20 years’ experience at National Grid PLC. There, he specialized in business development, energy system analysis, and scenario planning across gas, power, and system operator utility functions. More recently, he was Director of Innovation at National Grid Partners, the venture capital and innovation arm of National Grid. He was also project lead for a land sustainability management concept developed with AiDash. Stephen is a Chartered Engineer with a BEng and PhD in Chemical Engineering, and an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK).