Decision Maker: Delegated Decisions

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: February 17, 2026

Purpose: To consider approving the Bucks and MK Local Nature Recovery Strategy together with the first formal Biodiversity Report.

Content: 1.         That the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, prepared and agreed by Buckinghamshire Council in consultation with Milton Keynes City Council, attached at Annex A to the report, be noted and endorsed. 2.         That the Biodiversity Duty Report, attached at Annex B to the report, be approved and published prior to the publication deadline of 26 March 2026. 3.         That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Property, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Planning and Placemaking, to make minor amendments to the Biodiversity Duty Report for the reporting period ending 1 January 2031.