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Keep up to date%22To achieve biodiversity within new urban areas, the guidance sets out a point score system. Points are awarded for any measure that contributes to the biodiversity within new development. Areas to be developed must score at least 100 points per hectare – so a 2.6 ha scheme, for example, must achieve 260 points. This can be achieved in different ways and the designer, with the advice of a qualified ecologist, selects the ecological features that make up the ecology strategy for the site. The options available to reach the full score are given in the table below.%22 | ||
Ingredient | Measure | Green point score |
Provision of natural space: 1 (Enhancement of existing or creation of protected species habitat; enhancement of existing or creation of Biodiversity Action Plan species habitat; dry gardens – with plants requiring little water; wetland areas – such as ponds, lakes, reedbeds (with native marginal planting) as part of a sustainable urban drainage system) | Per 10 m2 | 1 |
Green roof | per 10 m2 | 0.5 |
Brown roof | per 10 m2 | 0.3 |
Bird boxes or other nesting provisions | per box | 0.2 |
Bat boxes or other nesting provisions | per box | 0.2 |
Walls covered with climbing plants | per 10 m2 | 1 |
Plants with good source of nectar, berries, seeds or nuts | per plant | 0.01 |
Tree planting or retention of trees that are not protected by a tree preservation order | per tree | 1 |
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So, for example, the 2.6 ha scheme detailed above scores 260 points as follows: | Ìý | Ìý |
Ingredient | Ìý | Points |
1170 m2 of natural space | Ìý | 117 |
850 m2 of brown roof | Ìý | 26 |
960 m2 of green roof | Ìý | 48 |
180 m2 of climbing plants | Ìý | 18 |
47 trees | Ìý | 47 |
10 bird boxes | Ìý | 2 |
10 bat boxes | Ìý | 2 |
Total | Ìý | 260 |
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