The public consultation on the Draft LNRS (Local Nature Recovery Strategy) for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is now underway.
A dedicated website includes links to the LNRS mapping, associated user guides and to the public consultation survey.
You can air your views on the plans by completing the survey, and you can make detailed comments on the LNRS mapping by following the instructions in the user guides.
The public consultation will run for eight weeks, until 5pm on Monday, 27 July 2026.
This is an important document likely to shape future plans and we encourage you to attend one of the events to better understand it, ask questions and input your information.
If you have any questions, email: [email protected]
Get more information about the draft strategy.
The county council will be able to sit with farmers and go through the mapping, with help from Chris Seabridge and Associates.
If farmers wish to remove their land from the map, there are two ways of advocating for that, either through:
- the mapping (and see guidance on how to do it: LNRS-How-to-Mapping-Guide-Landowner-Edits-Adding-or-Removing-Land.pdf); or,
- through filling out a form and submitting it along with associated documentation (the form is at the link at the seventh FAQ here: FAQs - Staffs and Stoke LNRS)