Area created must match area lost for both onsite and offsite ▲

Raised when

The A-2 (or D-2) total area created differs from the A-1 (or D-1) area lost by more than the tolerance in A-2!G2 (0.01 ha).

To clear it

The post-development habitats must cover the whole site: every hectare lost is created as something. Reconcile the areas; the difference is usually a parcel missing from the creation sheet.

Also covered by the statutory metric user guide, troubleshooting Table F.

See every flag your metric raised, on one page. Drop the workbook on the Check page and Quadrat gathers each ▲ and ⚠ it wrote, with these notes beside it, plus what a planning officer will ask that the metric never flags.

This is one of 98 flag strings the GOV.UK statutory biodiversity metric 1.0.4 and small sites metric 1.2.3 write into cells. Explained from the workbooks' own formulas; where the statutory metric user guide's troubleshooting table covers a flag, the page says so. Quadrat is not affiliated with Defra, Natural England or any planning authority.