Biodiversity gain details at 6 Crosby Road And 121 - 123 Crowstone Road Westcliff-on-sea

“Planning permission was granted on 11 July 2025 under the terms of application 24/00915/FUL to “Erect five 2.5 storey dwellinghouses, layout parking to front and extend existing vehicular crossover onto Crowstone Road.”

“The current application seeks approval of details in relation to Informative 1 (Biodiversity Gain Plan).”

“This ‘L’ shaped corner site fronts Crosby Road to the north and Crowstone Road to the east. The site previously contained school buildings and includes No 6 Crosby Road, a single family dwellinghouse. There are street trees on the public footway to the north and east of the site.”

“The surrounding area is predominantly residential in nature and mainly characterised by large, detached houses, although there are some examples of flats within the vicinity of the site. The scale of the surrounding development is mainly 2 to 2.5 storeys.”

“The submitted plans and supporting documents show the baseline habitat value of the site is 0.3540 units, comprising 0.3540 units of sparsely vegetated urban land. The post development habitat value of the site is 0.3967 units, comprising 0.0359 units of vegetated garden and 0.3608 units for 29no new individual small trees (Betula utilis Jacquemontii trees) to be planted at moderate condition. This results in a net change in habitat biodiversity of 0.0427 units (i.e.”

“The submitted details are considered to meet the requirements of the condition. Moreover, they are considered to be acceptable, as a 12.06% Biodiversity Net Gain would be achieved which would be managed and monitored over a 30-year period as required by the statutory planning condition. The details should therefore be approved.”

“That APPROVAL OF DETAILS BE GRANTED for the following:”

“BNG Condition (Informative 1): The submitted details, including plan no. L01 Rev E and the supporting documents: Small Sites Metric (The Statutory Biodiversity Metric); Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment Issue 2.2 by Matthew Game [dated 16/09/2025]; Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan Version V1.1 by Matthew Game [dated 23/06/2025]; Preliminary Ecological Appraisal & Preliminary Roost Assessment Issue 2 by Matthew Game [dated 06/09/2024], are considered to satisfy the…”