Local nature recovery strategies: responsible authorities
Updated 11 March 2024
Applies to England
漏 Crown copyright 2024
This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gov.uk.
Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.
This publication is available at /government/publications/local-nature-recovery-strategies-areas-and-responsible-authorities/local-nature-recovery-strategies-responsible-authorities
North of Tyne (01)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@northumberland.gov.uk
Cumbria (02)
Responsible authority website:
Email: Cumbria.LNRS@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
County Durham (03)
Responsible authority website:
Email: ecology@durham.gov.uk
South of Tyne and Wear (04)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@gateshead.gov.uk
Tees Valley (05)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk
Lancashire (06)
Responsible authority website:
Email: lnrs@lancashire.gov.uk
North Yorkshire and York (07)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@northyorks.gov.uk
West Yorkshire (08)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturerecovery@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Hull and East Yorkshire (09)
Responsible authority website:
Email: sustainable.development@eastyorkshire.gov.uk
Liverpool City Region (10)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
Greater Manchester (11)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturerecovery@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
South Yorkshire (12)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk
Cheshire (13)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturesrecovery@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Derbyshire (14)
Responsible authority website:
Email: tom.french@derbyshire.gov.uk
Nottinghamshire and Nottingham (15)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRSNN@nottscc.gov.uk
Greater Lincolnshire (16)
Responsible authority website:
Email: info@glincslnrs.org.uk
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin (17)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@shropshire.gov.uk
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (18)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@staffordshire.gov.uk
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (19)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LLRLNRS@leics.gov.uk
Herefordshire (20)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturerecovery@herefordshire.gov.uk
Worcestershire (21)
Responsible authority website:
Email: lnrs@worcestershire.gov.uk
West Midlands (22)
Responsible authority website:
Email: Mike.Webb@wmca.org.uk
Warwickshire (23)
Responsible authority website:
Email: wcslnp@wkwt.org.uk
West Northamptonshire (24)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturerecovery@westnorthants.gov.uk
North Northamptonshire (25)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturerecovery@northnorthants.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (26)
Responsible authority website:
Email: localnaturerecoverystrategy@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Norfolk (27)
Responsible authority website:
Email: naturalnorfolk@norfolk.gov.uk
Suffolk (28)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@suffolk.gov.uk
Gloucestershire (29)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Oxfordshire (30)
Responsible authority website:
Email: localnaturerecoverystrategy@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (31)
Responsible authority website:
Email: lnrs@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Bedfordshire (32)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Hertfordshire (33)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LocalNatureRecovery@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Greater Essex (34)
Responsible authority website:
Email: nature.partnership@essex.gov.uk
West of England (35)
Responsible authority website:
Email: stuart_gardner@bathnes.gov.uk
Wiltshire and Swindon (36)
Responsible authority website:
Email: alison.levy@wiltshire.gov.uk
Berkshire (37)
Responsible authority website:
Email: bnc@rbwm.gov.uk
Surrey (38)
Responsible authority website:
Email: nature@surreycc.gov.uk
Greater London (39)
Responsible authority website:
Email: Francis.Castro@london.gov.uk
Kent and Medway (40)
Responsible authority website:
Email: makingspacefornature@kent.gov.uk
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (41)
Responsible authority website:
Email: grow-nature@cornwall.gov.uk
Devon (42)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@devon.gov.uk
Somerset (43)
Responsible authority website:
Email: steve.dury@somerset.gov.uk
Dorset (44)
Responsible authority website:
Email: LNRS@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Hampshire (45)
Responsible authority website:
Email: nature.recovery@hants.gov.uk
Isle of Wight (46)
Responsible authority website:
Email: planning.policy@iow.gov.uk
West Sussex (47)
Responsible authority website:
Email: WestSussexLNRS@westsussex.gov.uk
East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (48)
Responsible authority website: