Biodiversity duty

The Environment Act 2021 amended the biodiversity duty on all public bodies to include the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity. To address the expanded duty the council have produced a strategy and action plan. These documents provide details on how the council will examine and deliver actions to ensure the appropriate conservation and enhancement of biodiversity in the borough.

Download the Biodiversity Duty Consideration and Action Setting report (.pdf Size: 3603Kb)

Download the Biodiversity Duty Action Plan (.pdf Size: 637Kb)

Download our current monitoring report, based on this strategy and action plan (.pdf Size: 4306Kb)

Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) 

We're working together with partners, landowners, farmers, environmental professionals, community groups, businesses and other stakeholders to develop a LNRS which will show where our most valuable areas for nature currently are, and explore the opportunities to restore, enhance, create and link wildlife throughout the area.

Our LNRS will provide the overarching plan of priorities to restore nature in our area and where this is best to happen, whilst also delivering wider environmental benefits such as better water quality and resilience to flooding. Organisations and individuals can then use the strategy to help deliver the overall plan in a coherent and collaborative way.

Visit the Shropshire Council website to find more information about the LNRS