Notice

Public notice: Lincolnshire Coronation Coast NNR

Published 18 September 2023

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Unitary Authority of north east Lincolnshire
County of Lincolnshire

Notice is hereby given that:

In pursuance of section 19(1) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf Natural England has, by the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration made on the 24th day of August 2023, declared that the Donna Nook and Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserves are extended and are to be known henceforth as the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve.

The extension land having a total area of 2356.45 hectares or thereabouts shown single hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, situated in the Non-civil Parish area of Cleethorpes and the Parish of Humberston in the Unitary Authority of North East Lincolnshire, and the Parishes of Tetney, North Cotes, Marshchapel, Grainthorpe, North Somercotes, South Somercotes, Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven, Saltfleetby, Theddlethorpe All Saints, Theddlethorpe St. Helen, and Mablethorpe and Sutton in the County of Lincolnshire, has been acquired and is held by Natural England or is held by the Environment Agency, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, Ministry of Defence, North East Lincolnshire Council and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, bodies approved by Natural England to hold and manage National Nature Reserves.

The said land now having a total area of 3318.02 hectares or thereabouts is being managed as a nature reserve, and Natural England is satisfied that the land is of national importance.

The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites

Chris Evans, NNR Area Senior Adviser for East Midlands,
on behalf of Natural England.