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How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
As a relevant authority, understand what the Protected Landscapes duty is and how to comply with it.
‘Protected Landscapes’ refers to National Parks, the Norfolk and Suffolk…
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Cheshire and Greater Manchester.
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 Wildlife and…
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in West Yorkshire
How to get accredited status for your country park, find out if you’re eligible, how to apply and what happens next.
Find out about the merger and extension of 6 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.
Find out about a change to the name of Stiperstones National Nature Reserve in Shropshire and an extension to the area covered by the site.
Find out about a new NNR in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Find out about the merger and extension of 2 existing sites into 1 NNR with a new name.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Find out about a change to the name of Moccas Park National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Herefordshire and an extension to the area covered by the site.
Find out about a change to the name of Walton Moss National Nature Reserve in Cumbria and an extension to the area covered by the site.
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Cumbria.
Find out about an increase to the size of Bradfield Woods National Nature Reserve in Suffolk.
Find out about a new NNR in Leicestershire.
Find out about a change to the name of Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve in Durham and a reduction in the area covered by the site.
Find out about a change to the Fyfield Down National Nature Reserve in Wiltshire.
Find out about a new NNR in Dorset.
Find out about a change to the Kingston Great Common National Nature Reserve in Hampshire.
Find out about the merger and extension of 2 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.
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