. • The current policy for biodiversity enhancement favours a local approach where this is delivered on the site of the development e.g at our substations. • Due to our BNG policy, we design in positive effects for biodiversity as we develop our infrastructure, however this can sometimes be challenging for us to secure and manage as we don’t own the land which our projects are being delivered on (these initiatives are primarily delivered through voluntary agreements with landowners). • We feel there is therefore a missed opportunity in this policy to deliver much more strategic regional or national biodiversity enhancement schemes offsite that would have a wider reach in terms of Biodiversity enhancement and wellbeing benefit to support the Scottish Government’s NPF4 and Biodiversity Strategy ambitions. • This could support national scale priority projects such as the Atlantic Rainforest, rather than just focusing on individual habitats at our sites and substations. • Inconsistent interpretation of this policy by Local Authorities is also presenting challenges for the consenting of our projects.