{"id":47344,"date":"2025-08-06T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47344\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:11:08","slug":"surrey-county-council-seeks-views-on-nature-recovery-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47344\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey County Council seeks views on nature recovery strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Heath said it was a &#8220;pivotal moment&#8221; for nature in Surrey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Local Nature Recovery Strategy gives us a real opportunity to reverse decades of decline and create a thriving, connected natural environment that benefits both wildlife and people,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under the plans, the county council said it was aiming to encourage environmentally-friendly land use, while also slowing down pollution and the effects of flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also plans to promote the use of nature-friendly methods of taking care of the land, such as using grass-eating plants to maintain field rather than lawn mowers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is hoping the strategy will also keep public spaces clean and save water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lisa Creaye-Griffin, director of the Surrey Nature Partnership, said: &#8220;This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for nature recovery in Surrey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The consultation on the plans will run until 25 September and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreycc.gov.uk\/land-planning-and-development\/local-nature-recovery-strategy-lnrs\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is available on the Surrey County Council website, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The plans will then be reviewed and agreed by the council&#8217;s cabinet in early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heath said it was a &#8220;pivotal moment&#8221; for nature in Surrey. &#8220;The Local Nature Recovery Strategy gives us&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-47344","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\/47344","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=47344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}