Published: 18th November 2025

Public consultation for the Draft North of Tyne Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Public consultation for the Draft North of Tyne Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) has begun, and is running from Friday 14 November 2025, until 5pm on Friday 9 January 2026.

Local Nature Recovery Strategies were introduced by the Environment Act 2021, with 48 different strategies being produced covering all of England. They are intended set out the nature ambitions and priorities for nature recovery in the area they cover. The North of Tyne LNRS covers all of Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside and includes a Coastal and Marine chapter setting out priorities for the coastal zone. Priority habitats identified in the draft strategy include blue mussel beds, saltmarsh and rocky reefs.

More information, and details of how to respond to the consultation, can be found at this link.