This metric contains deviations from the statutory metric - these deviations are only acceptable in extremely rare circumstances and must be agreed with the consenting body ⚠

Raised when

Headline Results repeats the Start-page deviation answer (Start!F27 = Yes).

To clear it

Same as above: written agreement from the consenting body, cited in the report.

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.