The Biodiversity Working Group has produced a ‘Biodiversity & Planning in Surrey‘ manual offering advice to statutory planning practitioners and their consultees, to ensure that development within the county protects and enhances the biodiversity which underpins our Natural Capital.

Surrey Biodiversity and Planning Manual

December 2024 Update

Please note that these documents will be reviewed and updated following the release of the NPPF in 2024.

Biodiversity and Planning in Surrey (Revised March 2019)

Appendix I: Revised Oct 2018 Legally protected species in Surrey.

Appendix II: Revised Oct 2018 v.1 Including updated schedules of statutory & non-statutory protected sites, habitats & species in Surrey (with S.41 Habitats & Species of Principal Importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity in England), and all searchable by borough/district.

Planning Guidance: Guidance to the local planning sector on recognition and protection of Irreplaceable Habitats in Surrey (ref. NPPF para. 175(c))

Irreplaceable Habitats Guidance for Surrey 2020