2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Are two thirds of the local wildlife sites in the council's area in positive conservation management?

Question code
5.4
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Wildlife Sites
Source
National Data
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Criteria met if 66% or more of local wildlife sites in the council's area are in positive conservation management.

Only English councils will be assessed on this question, as there is no data available to mark Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

0 points

20 county councils

1 point

1 county council

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling county councils

11
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Kent County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria