Strategy Development
This is our plan
The Government’s information on local nature recovery strategies and local nature recovery strategy statutory guidance was used to guide how the LNRS for Derbyshire was developed.
A conference was held at County Hall in Matlock on 29 January 2024, to mark the start of the LNRS development process. Around 120 delegates representing a wide range of organisations and sectors came together to discuss what the strategy needs to address and how we work together to achieve it.
Development of the strategy
Following the conference, and throughout 2024 and early 2025, work was undertaken to develop the content of the draft LNRS. This work included:
- Review of available environmental and biodiversity information and data, as well as existing policies and strategies, to develop the LNRS baseline and initial proposals for the strategy
- Input, support and review from the project’s core governance groups: the Supporting Authorities Group, the Steering Group, the Advisory Board, a series of Task and Finish Groups, as well as our neighbouring responsible authorities.
- Focussed stakeholder engagement throughout April – July 2024 to help shape the emerging strategy, followed by wider engagement during September – November 2024. This was delivered through a series of online and in-person events, online surveys and wider conversations.
- Pulling together technical information, knowledge and expertise from a wide range of partners and sources.
You can learn more about the LNRS development process in Sections 1 and 2 of the Strategy, and in the associated appendices on our Resources page.
The draft strategy was reviewed by the Supporting Authorities Group, the Steering Group, the Advisory Board in early 2025, and approved for public consultation during February and March 2025. You can learn more about the public consultation, and how we used the results, here.
Thriving with Nature – the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Derbyshire – was published in September 2025.
You can view the strategy here:
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