Overview

Effective Biodiversity Net Gain validation is essential. It saves time, avoids risks, and ensures planning applications aren't progressed based on incomplete or incorrect information.

The video series below gives an overview of how Mycelia helps you do BNG validation quickly and easily.

Watch the videos to see how Mycelia makes BNG validation straightforward. Discover how to efficiently check applications against both the national statutory rules and any specific local validation list requirements your authority has implemented. Learn how Mycelia helps you catch potential issues early and communicate effectively with applicants, preventing problems down the line.

What Mycelia checks

When you upload a BNG submission, Mycelia automatically runs checks against two sets of requirements:

• National validation requirements - based on Natural England's statutory guidance
• Common local validation requirements - additional checks that many LPAs include on their local lists

Validation that takes 30-45 minutes manually can often be done in 1-2 minutes.

Clear results you can act on

Each check returns one of three outcomes:

• Validation failure - something is missing or incorrect and needs to be resolved
• Validation info - something to be aware of, but not necessarily a blocker
• No issues - the check has passed

Explanations are written in plain English and designed so you can copy and paste them directly into emails or letters to applicants.

Catch problems early

Mycelia catches missing or incorrect information upfront, so you don't get stuck at later stages of the process. This includes verifying that the correct statutory version of the metric was submitted - protecting against tampered or outdated metric files.

One-click communication

Two copy buttons make it easy to share findings with applicants:

• Copy national guidance - copies all national validation notes into a format ready to send
• Copy local information - copies local validation findings for correspondence

Once a case is valid - or any issues have been resolved - you can move straight on to Assessment within the same case workflow.