environment<\/a>, opportunities for people to learn and study nature, a clear signal of the local authority\u2019s commitment to nature conservation, and the ability to apply by-laws to manage and protect the site.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n The cabinet meeting on Tuesday, November 25, heard a management plan had been completed and a public consultation showed overwhelming support for the proposal.\n<\/p>\n
\n The designation would not require any additional financial resources from the council but it could enable the established Friends of Shirley Pond Park group to access more funding.\n<\/p>\n
\n Council leader Cllr Alex Winning said Lordsdale Greenway was a brilliant and underutilised space.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Winning said: \u201cIt is a space that could be improved upon and we have made some good steps to do that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt has improved over the years and I think this will really aid that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s a really active friends group and I think it will really go some way to supporting them because it is fantastic location.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn quite a residential area it can be quite a sanctuary.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is a brilliant place for nature to thrive.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Following the backing of the Labour cabinet, the council will formally notify Natural England of the intention to designate Lordsdale Greenway as a local nature reserve ahead of a formal declaration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City council leaders have approved awarding the designation to the Lordsdale Greenway. The 24-hectare semi-rural nature greenspace runs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-291842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}