Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy

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.

Have your say!

This consultation provides an opportunity to help shape and finalise this exciting new strategy before it is published later in 2025. So have your say on ending the decline of nature across the county, and supporting its recovery.

You can tell us your views by completing the online questionnaire.


If you cannot complete the online version a Word version is available to download from this webpage, which you can complete and return either by email or post.

If you need any help taking part in this consultation or have any questions, you come to one of our events or contact us via the contact details in the Who's listening section.

The consultation questionnaire provides you with the opportunity to comment on:

  • The process of developing the Strategy and how useful the resulting Strategy will be in informing nature recovery within the county.
  • Whether the Strategy sufficiently provides the context for the need for nature recovery and how this will be delivered.
  • The principles, vision and priorities for nature recovery in Kent and Medway.
  • The potential measures (suggested actions), and areas identified for where these actions would best be delivered, to support the recovery of nature.

Alongside the consultation, you can also vote on your favourite flagship species. The finalised list of flagship species will then be used to help rally support for nature recovery work in Kent. Vote for your flagship species


Draft Kent and Medway LNRS

The draft LNRS can be downloaded using the buttons below or via the 'Documents' section on this webpage. The LNRS is split into three main parts; Part 1, Part 2 and the Mapping. You will also find an Executive Summary of the LNRS. If you need any help to use the online maps, there is a user guide available.

art 1 - Setting the scene for nature recovery in Kent and MedwayPart 2 - Kent & Medway LNRS priorities, potential measure and areas that could become of importance for biodiversityKent and Medway LNRS mapping
Appendices and user guide
Appendix 1.1 Summary of Local Plans ReviewAppendix 1.2 Local and National StrategiesAppendix 1.3 Acknowledgements
Appendix 2.1a Methodology for Potential Measures MappingAppendix 2.1b LNRS Potential Measures Mapping Data Source List


The draft LNRS has been developed with extensive input from partners and stakeholders, with over 1,000 individuals attending events designed to enable full participation in the process. Background information relating to the development of the Strategy are available from the button below. You will also find answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Meet the team

Across the consultation period, there will be a number of online briefings and in person opportunities to to hear about the Strategy and speak to members of the team. Click on the Consultation events button below to find when and where you can catch the team.

Consultation eventsFrequently asked questions


Next steps

Following the consultation, your responses will be analysed and a consultation report, outlining the feedback will be published on this webpage. This feedback will be used to help finalise the LNRS.

Once the LNRS is finalised, we will share it with the Supporting Authorities and our neighbouring Responsible Authorities. Following a four week period, and the addressing of any issues, we can then inform the Secretary of State of our intent to publish.

Details of how the Strategy delivery will then be coordinated, monitored and supported will be published by the government later in 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.

Have your say!

This consultation provides an opportunity to help shape and finalise this exciting new strategy before it is published later in 2025. So have your say on ending the decline of nature across the county, and supporting its recovery.

You can tell us your views by completing the online questionnaire.


If you cannot complete the online version a Word version is available to download from this webpage, which you can complete and return either by email or post.

If you need any help taking part in this consultation or have any questions, you come to one of our events or contact us via the contact details in the Who's listening section.

The consultation questionnaire provides you with the opportunity to comment on:

  • The process of developing the Strategy and how useful the resulting Strategy will be in informing nature recovery within the county.
  • Whether the Strategy sufficiently provides the context for the need for nature recovery and how this will be delivered.
  • The principles, vision and priorities for nature recovery in Kent and Medway.
  • The potential measures (suggested actions), and areas identified for where these actions would best be delivered, to support the recovery of nature.

Alongside the consultation, you can also vote on your favourite flagship species. The finalised list of flagship species will then be used to help rally support for nature recovery work in Kent. Vote for your flagship species


Draft Kent and Medway LNRS

The draft LNRS can be downloaded using the buttons below or via the 'Documents' section on this webpage. The LNRS is split into three main parts; Part 1, Part 2 and the Mapping. You will also find an Executive Summary of the LNRS. If you need any help to use the online maps, there is a user guide available.

art 1 - Setting the scene for nature recovery in Kent and MedwayPart 2 - Kent & Medway LNRS priorities, potential measure and areas that could become of importance for biodiversityKent and Medway LNRS mapping
Appendices and user guide
Appendix 1.1 Summary of Local Plans ReviewAppendix 1.2 Local and National StrategiesAppendix 1.3 Acknowledgements
Appendix 2.1a Methodology for Potential Measures MappingAppendix 2.1b LNRS Potential Measures Mapping Data Source List


The draft LNRS has been developed with extensive input from partners and stakeholders, with over 1,000 individuals attending events designed to enable full participation in the process. Background information relating to the development of the Strategy are available from the button below. You will also find answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Meet the team

Across the consultation period, there will be a number of online briefings and in person opportunities to to hear about the Strategy and speak to members of the team. Click on the Consultation events button below to find when and where you can catch the team.

Consultation eventsFrequently asked questions


Next steps

Following the consultation, your responses will be analysed and a consultation report, outlining the feedback will be published on this webpage. This feedback will be used to help finalise the LNRS.

Once the LNRS is finalised, we will share it with the Supporting Authorities and our neighbouring Responsible Authorities. Following a four week period, and the addressing of any issues, we can then inform the Secretary of State of our intent to publish.

Details of how the Strategy delivery will then be coordinated, monitored and supported will be published by the government later in 2025.

  • Local Nature Recovery Strategy

    We would like to hear your views on the draft Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), developed by the Making Space for Nature Project. We have provided this questionnaire for you to give your feedback.  

    We recommend that you read the draft Strategy before filling in this questionnaire. All consultation material is available from the consultation webpage.  

    The questionnaire is split into eight sections:

    Section A - About You 
    Section B - Process for developing the LNRS and the application of the Strategy 
    Section C - The need for recovery of nature in Kent and Medway 
    Section D - The principles, ambitions, priorities and potential measures for nature recovery in Kent and Medway 
    Section E - Kent and Medway LNRS potential measures mapping 
    Section F - Anything else you would like to tell us about the LNRS 
    Section G - Equality analysis 
    Section H - More about you 

    You can answer all or as many of the questions as you like. If you would rather not provide feedback on a section or question, just move on to the next one. Please remember to click through to the end of the questionnaire and submit your response.   

    In line with other local authorities and government departments, we ask people to register to take part in some activities. We do this to protect the integrity of our consultations from individuals and groups who may attempt to unduly influence the outcomes of the consultation process and to give people the opportunity to choose to be kept informed. 

    As with all our consultations a Word version of the questionnaire is available from the consultation webpage for people who would prefer not to complete the online version. 

    Complete questionnaire