Low Difficulty - only applicable if all habitat created before losses ⚠

Raised when

The years entered as created (or enhanced) in advance are at least the standard time to target, so the status cell reads 'reached target condition?' and the Applied difficulty cell writes this string; the final difficulty is then Low (multiplier 1) and the time to target multiplier is 1. The condition in the words — all habitat created before any loss — is not tested by any cell. F-2 writes it with a 'No - ' prefix.

To clear it

If the habitat was not all created before the losses, reduce the years in advance so they fall below the standard time to target: the standard difficulty then applies. Otherwise evidence it in the report.

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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.