We had a great introductory meeting in the Village Hall on Monday 31 March. Thank you for all those who attended and if you couldn’t make it take a look at the presentation here:-
https://plumptonparishcouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Presentation-for-31.3.25.pdf
Did you know England is widely considered to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world following historic and ongoing declines?
In 2021 the Government introduced several laws to address the poor state of biodiversity in England, including Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS).
The Plumpton and East Chiltington Wildlife Group together with Plumpton Parish Council are developing a nature recovery strategy for the Plumpton Parish to
help tackle the biodiversity crisis and support the South Downs National Park ReNature initiative. We have contracted with ‘Wild Business’ to carry out the work and produce a report which the PPC,with the community’s help, will be guided by. The South Downs National Park will fund 50% of the cost of this project which will map and assess the current network of green and blue spaces in the Parish, and identify nature recovery opportunities.
The report we will produce will deliver:
- Baseline assessment of biodiversity within Plumpton Parish based on existing records;
- Preliminary recommendations for specific community-led nature recovery projects within Plumpton Parish;
- Broad-scale recommendations for nature recovery activities by landowners, parishioners and other stakeholders;
- Basic biodiversity ground-truthing for agreed selected (priority) sites through limited field work;
- Recommendations for minimising and mitigating existing drivers of biodiversity loss, such as pollution and climate change, within the parish and adjacent parishes.
Please keep checking this site for further news of the project including volunteering opportunities should you want to get involved.
