The LNRS website can be accessed here
The LNRS is the area's statutory nature-recovery plan. It sets priorities, practical measures, and an interactive Local Habitat Map showing where action matters most. When you design and write your BNG/HMMP, show how your proposals align with the LNRS priorities and mapped opportunities.
Find out if there are Strategic Significance issues on your site
Open the Local Habitat Map and check your red-line boundary against these layers:
APIB – Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (existing high-value areas/designations/irreplaceable habitats).
ACB – Areas that Could (become) of Particular Importance (the mapped opportunity network).
If your site intersects APIB and/or ACB, treat it as strategically significant and design your net-gain to help deliver the mapped opportunity (e.g., buffering/connecting habitats).
Find out if there are habitats of importance
You can find information on the different types of habitat that the LNRS considers a priority here.