Thanet Biodiversity Strategy
In Thanet, biodiversity is the "all-star cast" of living things that makes our coastline and countryside unique. We are proposing a new Biodiversity Strategy for Thanet. It’s a plan to help protect, enhance and restore biodiversity in the area.
The draft Thanet Biodiversity Strategy is a framework designed to protect and restore the district's unique natural environment, addressing biodiversity loss and climate change.
The Strategy proposes targeted, landscape-scale nature recovery through five strategic themes: Renewed Woodlands, Dynamic Marinescapes, Robust Wetlands, Biodiverse Agriculture, and Urban Connection.
Think of it as helping nature bounce back across large areas of land, rather than just in small, isolated patches. It’s a big picture approach. Instead of just protecting one pond or a single garden, it’s about joining up the whole district, the fields, the cliffs, the parks and our towns and villages, so that wildlife has an extensive, connected space to live, travel, and grow.
We’re asking for your views before it’s finalised.
Phases
Post consultation review and preparation of Cabinet report
During this phase the consultation responses are reviewed and considered, there may be changes to the proposed strategy as a result of the feedback received.
It is then shared with Councillors for further consideration and approval.