Outcome of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy consultation

Thank you to everyone who took time to respond to the third and final phase of consultation on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

This page provides details of the comments received and links to other consultation information and the published strategy.

Your comments

The document below is a record of the comments received about the Statement of Priorities and Local Habitat Map as part of the final phase of Durham's LNRS consultation which took place in December 2025.

The comments have been edited to remove any personal or site location information, or to assist with clarity. Alongside each response is a brief comment outlining the responsible authority’s (Durham County Council) reply.

How were the comments considered?

The consultation responses were discussed at meetings held between Durham County Council, Natural England and the Environmental Records Information Centre North East.

More information about the consultation

Further information on the consultation process and how this influenced the development of the strategy can be found within the ‘Developing the priorities and measures’ section of the Durham LNRS which is published on our website.

Local Nature Recovery Strategy agreement and publication

The results informed the final version of the Strategy which has now been agreed by our Cabinet at its meeting in March 2026.

Read the full Cabinet report (agenda item 9) .

Following Cabinet agreement, the Local Nature Recovery Strategy has been published on our website.