Local Sites reporting – Indicator 160-00

End of financial year figures for 2017-18

Sites in positive Local Single Data List Indicator 160-00 LWSs LGSs management Sites “Proportion of Local Sites where Number Proportion Boston 26 1 27 23 85% positive conservation management is City of Lincoln 48 2 50 4 8% 379 20 399 120 30% being achieved” is a proxy measure 151 8 159 52 33% of local biodiversity and is used by South Holland 56 0 56 41 73% 228 15 243 93 38% central government to assess the West Lindsey 182 9 191 54 28% Central Lincs JPU1 370 18 388 109 28% performance of local authorities. South East Lincs JSPC2 81 1 82 63 77% County 1031 53 1084 370 34% 32 6 38 4 11% 216 37 253 162 64% Greater Lincolnshire 1270 95 1365 529 39%

Who reports on this indicator? National guidance

In Greater Lincolnshire, the County Council and the two unitary Defra have published guidance on the collection of data on authorities (North Lincolnshire Council and North East improved local biodiversity, namely collecting data for and Lincolnshire Council) are expected to report to central reporting on Indicator 160-00. government on performance on local biodiversity annually. The guidance note states that documented evidence of the The Nature Partnership supplies the data necessary to do this in positive conservation management status of Local Sites must be our role coordinating the Local Sites system. provided. This can include a site management plan; inclusion in management schemes; a relevant Biodiversity Action Plan; or Additional information landowner receipt of management guidance and advice.

This guidance also states that: “Where an informed assessment has These figures only include Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs), candidate been made within the last five years and … this assessment finds LWSs, Local Geological Sites (LGSs) and candidate LGSs, not Sites that no intervention or action is needed at present to conserve the of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCIs) or Regionally features of a site … this can score as positive management”. Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGSs). More information on Indicator 160-00 can be found at: These figures are accurate at the end of the financial year 2017-18. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402151656/http:  Some sites overlap local authority boundaries. Where this //archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/biodiversity/documents/singl occurs the site is included in the total for each. Combined e-data-list-guidance.pdf totals for CLJPU, SELJSPC, Lincolnshire County and Greater

Lincolnshire are calculated without duplication of these sites. From the table: 1 = Central Lincolnshire Joint Planning Unit (City of Lincoln, North  Information on management should be no more than five Kesteven and West Lindsey) years old, and evidence of positive management can be sent 2 = South East Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee (Boston to the GLNP at any time. and South Holland)

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