Decision details

Hampshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Planning and Economy

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Hampshire County Council has published its final Local Nature Recovery Strategy and issued it to NFDC for consultation as a supporting authority in accordance with the Environment (Local Nature Recovery Strategies) (Procedure) Regulations 2023 on 1st October 2025 starting a 28-day consultation period.

Decision:

On 10 October 2025, Cllr Derek Tipp, the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economy made the following decision:

That approval be given to the final Local Nature Recovery Strategy (provided as Appendix A) for publication.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Matt Wisdom) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 17 October 2025.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

Reasons for the decision:

To enable Hampshire County Council to move forward with the publication of the new strategy.

Alternative options considered:

See report.

Declarations of Interest(s): None

Contact: Chris Hodsman, Ecologist Email: chris.hodsman@nfdc.gov.uk.

Publication date: 10/10/2025

Effective from: 18/10/2025

Accompanying Documents: