West Sussex LNRS - Help shape your Local Nature Recovery Strategy

A new strategy to help nature in West Sussex

The first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for West Sussex has now been drafted. Informed by the views and expertise of more than 1,000 local people and organisations, the strategy serves as a vital blueprint to help us target action for nature across our county.

Crucially it provides 7 principles and 24 priorities for nature’s recovery, supported by over 100 potential actions that could be taken to deliver them and a local habitat map showing where many of these actions could be taken.

This consultation gives you the opportunity to help shape this ambitious new strategy for your county before it is published early 2026. So have your say and get involved in nature recovery.

How to review this LNRS

The written part of this strategy is called the Statement of Biodiversity Priorities and it is divided into three Parts (there is also a Part 4 which has supporting technical detail).

We recommend taking a look at our Guide to the LNRS (opens in new window) before you begin so you know what to expect.

Part 1 - Context & Description (opens in a new window)

Provides strategy context: what a LNRS is, what local people told us, the state of nature in West Sussex and what's already happening for nature.

Part 2 - Priorities, Measures and Maps (opens in a new window)

This has the strategy's recommendations including the principles, priorities and measures that can help nature in West Sussex

Part 3 - Species (opens in a new window)

Priority species in West Sussex and the actions needed to support their recovery.

Local Habitat Map (opens in new window).

This shows where mapped measures could be taken.

Read our map user guide (opens in new window).

Take the survey to have your say (scroll down)

All questions are voluntary and you can skip any you don't feel are relevant. You can also add comments directly onto the interactive Local Habitat Map if viewing from a desktop or laptop.

Please note, any data collected follows our Sussex Nature Recovery privacy policy (opens in new window). If you provide your contact details at any point throughout the survey, they will only be used for the purpose in which you have provided them.

Accessibility and alternate formats

Anyone without access to the internet can visit a West Sussex library (opens in new window) to complete the consultation. If you need further support completing an online form, help can be arranged from a digital volunteer. Alternatively, people can request a printed version of the survey is sent to them, with a freepost return envelope, by calling 01243 642105.

If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us via email at WestSussexLNRS@westsussex.gov.uk or by telephone on 01243 642105 and we will do our best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have a BT Relay UK app (opens in new window) installed on your PC, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 642105.

For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.

Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.