Planning consideration

Local nature reserves

A protected area of land designated by a local authority because of its special natural interest or educational value

• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags: local plan
• Also known as: Protected sites
• Datasets:
  • local-nature-reserve
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc
• Legislation: Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
• Useful links:
  • National dataset documentation page
  • URL of national dataset
• Discussion: Join the discussion on GitHub
• Last updated: 4 September 2024

Research

What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Local plans - LNRs are referenced a number of times in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.