Local Nature Reserves are for both people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally, which give people special opportunities to study and learn about them or to enjoy and have contact with nature.
A Local Authority designation, in consultation with English Nature, under the provisions of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, to protect sites of special wildlife interest and enhance public enjoyment of wildlife.
Owned or controlled by local authorities, some are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest. They are designated after consultation with English Nature.
Nature reserve declared by a local authority in consultation with English Nature where a site has important local nature value. The local authority must have a legal interest in the land. Designation permits good management practice.
Area designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 as being of particular importance to nature conservation and where public understanding of nature conservation issues is encouraged.
Habitats of local significance, designated as LNR by Local Authorities.
designated by local authorities in consultation with English Nature under the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.
The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 gives local planning authorities the power to acquire, declare and manage local nature reserves. These are areas of land protected for their local special natural interest and/or educational value. In Clackmannanshire, one LNR has been designated at Gartmorn Dam, Sauchie.
a reserve designated by the local authority to safeguard habitats and species and for enjoyment by the public. Montrose Basin, Angus, is an LNR.
An area of particular wildlife interest declared by a local authority under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, and usually managed by them.
areas of land or wetland of local importance declared by the local authority, in consultation with English Nature under the provision of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
Areas of locally important nature conservation and amenity value which give access to the public. See Policy Env\3.
Non-statutory habitats of local significance designated by local authorities where protection and public understanding of nature conservation is encouraged. (See also Site of Nature Conservation Importance or Site of Biological Interest).
Established by a local authority under the powers of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949.
A Local Nature Reserve or LNR is a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland, the powers of district councils to establish LNRs are contained in Article 22 of the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. Parish and town councils can also declare LNRs but they must have the powers to do so delegated to them by the principal local authority.
