The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is currently consulting on its Local Nature Recovery Strategy until midnight on Sunday 6th April.

You can respond to this consultation by clicking HERE.

It goes without saying that this is massively relevant to Rimrose Valley Country Park, so we need your help in drawing attention to this vital green space here in South Sefton.

The Strategy is a huge and impressive piece of work which has identified, mapped and categorised every natural habitat in the City Region, as well as listing its potential to support nature recovery.

In the past, we’ve offered guidance and advice on how to respond to consultations on transport, planning and any other area that has had a direct impact on the future of Rimrose Valley.

This consultation is a little different.

People’s experience of nature is personal to them, so all we are asking is that you engage with this process, respond to the consultation in your own words, talking about what’s important to you, highlighting Rimrose Valley wherever possible.

To help with this, here are some high-level pointers and things you should know, which you might want to reference in your responses.

• You will be asked to respond as either a citizen or an organisation – make sure you choose the right link for you.
• You will be asked if you have read the Strategy in full. If you have the passion (and time) for this, please do! However as this document is over 70 pages long, we suggest answering ‘no’ to this, as you will be provided with the key points for consideration for each question.
• For some questions, you will be asked to place a pin on the map if you’re interested in talking about a specific location. We obviously suggest that you choose Rimrose Valley!
• Many of the questions talk about types of habitat. Rimrose Valley contains 3 major habitats: wetlands, grasslands and woodlands.
• It is worth noting that all of these are currently in a state of neglect and in need of urgent intervention to both preserve them AND make them as rich in biodiversity (i.e. a great home for plants and animals), as they can be.
• Whilst this may sound negative, it underlines their capacity to improve nature, if given the attention they deserve, which is the whole point of this Strategy and the consultation!

With the above in mind, we are urging everyone to take the time engage with this process and respond to the consultation by midnight on Sunday 6th April.

Again, you can respond to this consultation by clicking HERE.

The immediate threat to the future of Rimrose Valley has gone, for the time being.

However, we need to use this reprieve to grasp every opportunity to highlight the importance of this space to nature AND people, so that if ever the road proposal comes to be revisited… we’ve built an even stronger case against development.

You can play your part in this by responding to the consultation today.

As ever, thank you for your support!