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The Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026

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23 Charging schedules

(1) When setting the rates in a charging schedule, Natural England must have regard to the actual costs incurred, and costs expected to be incurred, by Natural England and other public authorities— (a) in the delivery, management, maintenance and monitoring of the conservation measures set out in the EDP; (b) the administration of, and administrative expenses connected with, the EDP, including in particular— (i) the preparation and making of the EDP; (ii) the implementation and operation of the EDP; (iii) the administration and collection of the levy, including appeals and enforcement; including costs relating to more than one EDP (such as in establishing and operating shared systems) to the extent reasonably attributable to the EDP. (2) Natural England may set a reduced rate in a charging schedule to account for actual or expected sources of funding other than the levy for the conservation measures set out in the EDP. (3) A charging schedule may— (a) operate by reference to a measurement of the amount or the environmental impact of development, including by reference to one or more of— (i) the total area of a development; (ii) the number of buildings in a development; (iii) the number of units in a development; (b) provide for differential rates— (i) by reference to a measurement of the amount of development; (ii) for different zones in which development would be situated; (iii) by reference to different descriptions or purposes of development, including different intended uses of development; (iv) by reference to the environmental impact of development; (c) include provision for supplementary charges where the levy is to be paid by instalments, to recover the cost of administering the payment of each instalment. (4) A charging schedule expires— (a) if it contains an end date, at the end of that day, (b) at the end of the day before the day on which a corresponding charging schedule in the same EDP takes effect, or (c) when the EDP expires or is revoked, whichever is earlier. (5) For the purpose of paragraph (4), a charging schedule corresponds to another charging schedule if it relates to the same environmental impact of development on the same identified environmental feature.

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23 Charging schedules

(1) When setting the rates in a charging schedule, Natural England must have regard to the actual costs incurred, and costs expected to be incurred, by Natural England and other public authorities— (a) in the delivery, management, maintenance and monitoring of the conservation measures set out in the EDP; (b) the administration of, and administrative expenses connected with, the EDP, including in particular— (i) the preparation and making of the EDP; (ii) the implementation and operation of the EDP; (iii) the administration and collection of the levy, including appeals and enforcement; including costs relating to more than one EDP (such as in establishing and operating shared systems) to the extent reasonably attributable to the EDP. (2) Natural England may set a reduced rate in a charging schedule to account for actual or expected sources of funding other than the levy for the conservation measures set out in the EDP. (3) A charging schedule may— (a) operate by reference to a measurement of the amount or the environmental impact of development, including by reference to one or more of— (i) the total area of a development; (ii) the number of buildings in a development; (iii) the number of units in a development; (b) provide for differential rates— (i) by reference to a measurement of the amount of development; (ii) for different zones in which development would be situated; (iii) by reference to different descriptions or purposes of development, including different intended uses of development; (iv) by reference to the environmental impact of development; (c) include provision for supplementary charges where the levy is to be paid by instalments, to recover the cost of administering the payment of each instalment. (4) A charging schedule expires— (a) if it contains an end date, at the end of that day, (b) at the end of the day before the day on which a corresponding charging schedule in the same EDP takes effect, or (c) when the EDP expires or is revoked, whichever is earlier. (5) For the purpose of paragraph (4), a charging schedule corresponds to another charging schedule if it relates to the same environmental impact of development on the same identified environmental feature.

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