Biodiversity and Wildlife
The city council protects and enhances wildlife and nature in the city through the planning process, and through the management of its own land.
Supplementary Planning Guidance on Biodiversity in Leicester was adopted by the City Council on 13th October 2003. This guidance explains why biodiversity is important to Leicester and to the people who live and work in the City, and describes the role that planning process can play in protecting and enhancing the natural resources and strategic biodiversity network of the City. It sets out information to guide the implementation of the nature conservation polices in the Replacement City of Leicester Local Plan, and describes the rationale for these policies.
'Wild about Leicester': Leicester's Biodiversity Action Plan; is attached as a pdf document below.
The Biodiversity Action Plan or ‘BAP’ summarises what is known about the most important animals, plants and habitats in Leicester. It highlights the importance of City’s natural resources both to its citizens and administrators, especially to our quality of life. A series of targets and actions are proposed:
- to improve the value of wildlife corridors and the biodiversity network
- to improve access to existing information on Leicester’s biodiversity
- to encourage the monitoring and recording of wildlife within the city
- to draw attention to the need to make greenspace and natural areas accessible to the citizens of Leicester
- to develop Leicester existing network of nature reserves.
The BAP is managed as a partnership between the City Council and Groundwork Leicester and Leicestershire (formerly Environ).
Progress against these targets will be monitored over the lifetime of the BAP (2006-2009).Local Nature Reserves in Leicester.Seven of the best wildlife sites in Leicester have been designated as Local Nature Reserves, or ‘LNRs’. The formal designation as a LNR demonstrates the Council's commitment to environmental sustainability and to biodiversity conservation.
The LNR designation can open the door to grants for improvements to nature conservation, public access, use and raising environmental awareness. All the sites are managed for people as well as for wildlife, and the proposed LNRs are some of the best places in the city for people to enjoy and learn about wildlife.
All the sites are managed by the City Council or Groundwork Leicester and Leicestershire (formerly Environ), with the help of volunteers from the local community and the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV).
Advice and guidance is available from the Nature Conservation Officer,
The City Council works in partnership with Groundwork Leicester and Leicestershire on projects to improve and manage sites for wildlife, and to raise awareness of Leicester’s biodiversity.
The City Council is a partner in ‘Action for Wildlife’ - the Biodiversity Action Plan for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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