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BOXLEY WARREN
LOCAL NATURE RESERVE
Management Plan
Client: Maidstone Borough Council
Description: Most of Boxley Warren is protected by international
law as a part of a Special Area of Conservation. It encompasses
some of the finest yew (Taxus baccata) woodland in Europe.
Clarity were asked to write a management plan for this unique
site, as part of the process of declaring it as a Local Nature
Reserve. Hours of survey and evaluation led to a plan that will
set the site up for public access, continue the restoration of
chalk downland, and protect the site from unauthorised access.
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Internationally important
W13 Taxus baccata woodland
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SHORNE
WOODS COUNTRY PARK
Conservation Management Plan
Client: Kent County Council
Description: This plan was written as one of a suite
of documents in support of an application to the Heritage Lottery
Funding (HLF). Two major issues had to be dealt with in the
plan: invasion by rhododendron into ancient, nationally protected
woodland; and invasion by Crassula helmsii into ponds
that were habitat for one of the largest great crested newt
populations in Kent. The plan also had an extensive heritage
aspect, as the site encompassed archeological sites from many
periods. The HLF's guidelines on Conservation Management Plans
were closely followed and the bid was successful.
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A juvenile great crested newt (Photo: Lee Brady)
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SHORNE WOODS
COUNTRY PARK
Integrated Operational Plan
Client: Kent County Council
Description: This was the partner document to the Conservation
Management Plan described above. It contained the detailed work
plans for delivery of management across biodiversity, heritage
and landscape.
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Dense rhododendron |
CHARING
BEECH HANGERS SSSI
Integrated Management Plan
Client: English Nature
Description: The major challenge at this site was the control
of unauthorised access, but there was also a requirement to bring
the site back into active management, as it was in a condition classified
by Natural England as 'unfavourable, no change'. This was due in
large part to the legacy of the 1987 hurricane, which had opened
the way for large scale invasion by sycamore. In addition to sycamore
control, the plan Clarity produced reintroduced coppicing for dormice
and nightingales (both confirmed as present due to our surveys)
and open habitat management for adders and other reptiles. |
Part of a management map,
showing coppice coupes and open habitat enhancements |
