Public consultation launched on draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Surrey

The draft Surrey Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) sets out the county’s priorities for nature recovery and the recommended actions to deliver these. The draft Local Habitat Map also aims to identify specific locations where some of these actions could be delivered to create ‘areas that could become of particular importance to biodiversity’ in the future. 

The LNRS is the first of its kind for the county and has been prepared by Surrey County Council, appointed by Defra as Responsible Authority, with assistance from a broad range of partners including the 11 Districts and Boroughs of Surrey. It is one of 48 strategies being created across England, with the shared aim of halting and reversing the decline of nature. 

The intention of 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. 

Have your say!

It is now your opportunity to tell the LNRS team about your thoughts on the priorities, actions, and locations which have been drafted so far. Visit the consultation website and express your views.

The consultation runs from 31 July 2025 until 25 September 2025. The final strategy will be completed by the end of the year, for Surrey County Council’s Cabinet to review, early 2026.

Published 4th August 2025