The LNRS website can be accessed here.
The LNRS is the statutory plan for nature recovery in LLR. It maps the most valuable areas for biodiversity, sets local priorities/measures, and provides a Local Habitat Map you can cite in your planning, BNG and HMMP documents. The LLR LNRS is published (1 Aug 2025) and live, with the strategy PDF and map linked from the council page.
Find out if there are Strategic Significance issues on your site
Open the Local Habitat Map and check your red-line boundary against:
APIB – Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (designations/irreplaceable habitats). If you intersect, treat as high strategic sensitivity.
ACB – Areas that Could Become of Particular Importance (the mapped opportunity network). If you intersect, design your net gain to deliver the mapped opportunity there.
The LLR mapping guidance explicitly says the mapped measures/areas are recognised as of “high strategic significance” in the BNG metric — call this out in your BNG statement.
Find out if there are habitats of importance
Start with the strategy PDF to identify relevant priorities for your site context (e.g., species-rich grassland, hedgerow/woodland connectivity, riparian/wetland measures, urban nature networks). Reference the specific sections you’re following.
If you would like specific guidance, please ask the chatbot and ask for a human to get site-specific support
