Management Planning, Habitat Creation & Restoration

RPS has a track record of developing management plans and schemes to meet development conditions and to assist our clients achieve best practice goals. Examples of the innovative solutions we have developed for our clients include habitat creation and restoration schemes, construction and operation plans, species and habitat conservation plans, monitoring and adaptive management plans. Effective negotiation with statutory agencies and NGOs has emerged as a key element of success in developing workable solutions. We advise our clients on the implications of European legislation, including the Habitats Directive, Water Framework Directive as well as developments in domestic legislation. e-planning provides a key mechanism for communicating legislative changes to our clients in all areas of planning and environmental law.

RPS can provide

  • Habitat and species management strategies and plans
  • Strategies for the management and control of non-native invasive species
  • Negotiation with relevant government agencies and other stakeholders
  • Design of trusts, foundations and other management vehicles
  • Strategic advice on feasibility and site suitability
  • Design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of habitat creation and restoration
  • Advice on species translocation and implementation