Purpose

Hampshire County Council has published its
final draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy for public consultation.
The consultation commenced on 12 May 2025 and closes on 23 June
2025.

New Forest District Council has the opportunity to respond to the
draft strategy before it is revised, and a final version is
distributed for approval by Supporting Authorities (Hampshire local
authorities) in the autumn of 2025. The final version will then be
submitted to Government at the end of 2025.

Decision

On 11 June 2025, Cllr Derek Tipp the Portfolio
Holder for Planning and Economy made the following decision:

To agree the proposed response to the Local Nature Recovery
Strategy provided as Appendix A.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the
Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can
be given to the Monitoring Officer (Matt Wisdom) (in writing or by
e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on Wednesday, 18 June
2025.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are
attached below.