Land Planning & Environmental Design

Do you have a site that calls for innovative design within the context of planning, zoning and environmental controls? Do you have a challenging or a special site and seek a coordinated, efficient approvals process?

Successful project outcomes are attained by working with the landscape through integrated planning and sustainable design. Clear understanding of a site’s natural character and ecological context, the local and regulatory frameworks, and, market-based economic analyses, produces quality projects with sustainable long-term values.

Does your project require a Special Permit or local Zoning or Planning Board approval? Years of experience and practical knowledge acquired in the environmental and planning fields in both the public and private sector positions are applied to achieve client goals. Preserving a site’s important natural values often yields positive dividends by creating attractive projects that more readily comply with regulatory frameworks and yield comparable net returns.

• Development Constraints Analyses
• Environmental & Sustainable Site Design
• Zoning and Subdivision Compliance
• Cluster and/or Flexible Subdivision Design
• Client Representation in the Public Hearing Process
• Project Coordination in the Permitting & Approvals Process

“How can we spatially mesh ecological integrity and human needs over … generations? Which of the principals of landscape and regional ecology will cause the most noticeable improvement in the land? A decade ago such questions were rarely posed. Now I believe we are on the threshold of solutions.

Richard T.T. Forman