Agenda item

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/159

Contact: Chloe Edwards, LNRS Project Manager

Chloe.edwards@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA14)

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

(a)           Approve the adoption of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)

(b)           Support the County Council’s commitment to deliver, monitor, and review the LNRS in future (post-adoption) in partnership with local people and organisations.

Cabinet had before it a report which recommended the adoption of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS). The LNRS vision was to achieve a resilient, well-connected network of nature that benefitted biodiversity and future generations. The strategy included a narrative description of Oxfordshire’s biodiversity, a set of priority actions for species and habitats, and a mapped network highlighting key locations for nature recovery efforts. Adoption would enable formal launch and alignment with national environmental goals such as the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan and the Environment Act 2021.

Councillor Judy Roberts, Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action, presented the report.

Councillor Roberts moved and Councillor Gregory seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to

a)             Approve the adoption of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)

b)             Support the County Council’s commitment to deliver, monitor, and review the LNRS in future (post-adoption) in partnership with local people and organisations.