Kent & Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy – HAVE YOUR SAY

Making Space for Nature in Kent and Medway has been working with partners and stakeholders for the past year to collaboratively establish shared priorities for the delivery of nature recovery and environmental improvements, in order to create a network of wildlife-rich places across the county.  The development of the draft Strategy is now complete and an eight week public consultation commenced on 16th January 2025.

The draft Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) sets out the county’s priorities for nature recovery and the recommended actions to deliver these. It also identifies where in the county this action should be targeted to deliver the greatest outcomes for the county’s habitats and species.

The LNRS is the first of its kind for the county and has been prepared by Kent County Council, appointed by Defra as Responsible Authority. It is one of 48 strategies across England, with the shared aim of halting and reversing the decline of nature.

The intention the LNRS is to direct action and investment to areas where it is most needed, and will achieve the greatest benefits, and to steer losses and impacts away from the county’s most valuable natural assets.

To complete the public questionnaire or find out more information visit: https://letstalk.kent.gov.uk/nature-recovery