North of Tyne Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Overview

The North of Tyne Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) was published in March 2026, and covers Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. The Strategy provides guidance and a vision for how nature can thrive in the North of Tyne region, being bigger, better, and more joined up.

To use the Local Nature Recovery Strategy, you should refer to the document and maps in tandem. The main document – the ‘Statement of Biodiversity Priorities’ – outlines all measures that are considered to be priorities for the North of Tyne region. Importantly, measures can be mapped or unmapped. Where there is a mapped measure, you can refer to the interactive map (the ‘Local Habitat Map’) for context. Unmapped measures are relevant to any part of the North of Tyne region where they can be delivered.

The Strategy covers a wide range of habitats and landscapes across our region, and provides measures that can improve the condition and quantity of all types of habitats encountered throughout Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. This includes opportunities identified for peatlands, heathlands, grasslands, woodlands, wetlands, rivers, and our coast. Opportunities for nature recovery are also identified within our urban areas, and in the wider countryside.

A voluntary extension into the marine environment is featured in the North of Tyne Local Nature Recovery Strategy, recognising the incredible importance that our coastline plays for nature and our environment. This voluntary extension – whilst still very important to our region’s nature recovery – is non-statutory. This means that some measures relating to the marine environment are not part of the statutory Strategy, and this is made clear when symbology within the Strategy’s document.