Issue - meetings
Identifying the Council’s Role in Nature Recovery
Meeting: 22/05/2023 - Improvement and Scrutiny Committee - Climate Change, Biodiversity and Carbon Reduction (Item 12)
12 Identifying the Council’s Role in Nature Recovery 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix 2 Natural Capital Strategy for Derbyshire, item 12
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- Appendix 2.1 Natural Capital Strategy Appendices 1-5 Input data and methodologies, item 12
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- Appendix 2.2 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 6 Natural Capital sub regional accounts, item 12
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- Appendix 2.3 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 7 Natural Capital accounting methodology, item 12
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- Appendix 2.4 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 8 Baseline landscape character, item 12
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- Appendix 2.5 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 9 Tables of habitat priorities according to Landscape Character Type and National Character Area, item 12
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- Appendix 2.6 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 10 Maps of habitat priorities according to Landscape Character Type and National Character Area – Derby City, item 12
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- Appendix 2.7 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 11 Cultural historic features and their relationship to the natural capital assets and ecosystem services, item 12
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- Appendix 2.8 Natural Capital Strategy Appendix 12 Monitoring Plan, item 12
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Minutes:
The Committee was informed of the nature recovery implications for the Council arising from the Environment Act 2021 and the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.
The Environment Act 2021 had included a suite of interrelated measures which underpinned the objectives of the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan 2023. These were also of relevance to and complemented the Council’s intentions to ensure nature recovery across Derbyshire. They were summarised as the following five statutory drivers for change:
· New legally binding national targets to protect the environment.
· An amended and strengthened general duty for Councils (and other public bodies) to see to conserve and enhance biodiversity.
· A Local Nature Recovery Strategy for each area.
· Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) as a mandatory requirement for planning permission.
· Biodiversity Net Gain offsetting.
The Committee was provided with further details on each of these drivers.
RESOLVED that the Committee notes the nature recovery implications for the Council arising from the Environment Act 2021 and Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 as detailed in the report.