Our Better Places Commitment
Environmental, placemaking and community standards
for every site
At Richborough Commercial, sustainability and ESG are embedded within The Richborough Way.
Our Better Places Commitment sets out the environmental, placemaking and community standards Richborough aims to achieve across every site.
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The approach is designed to help our schemes go beyond minimum planning policy requirements wherever possible, while responding to the priorities of landowners, communities and other stakeholders.
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For industrial and logistics sites, this means considering not only the employment space a site can deliver, but also how development can create longer-term economic, environmental and social value.
What this means
for commercial development
Every site is different, so the way these principles are applied will reflect its individual characteristics, constraints and opportunities.
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For an industrial or logistics development, considerations could include:
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• Landscape, biodiversity and blue-green infrastructure
• Sustainable drainage and climate resilience
• Energy and future infrastructure requirements
• High-quality, context-responsive masterplanning
• Walking, cycling and sustainable transport connections
• Employee amenity and wellbeing
• Local employment, skills and training opportunities
• Community and stakeholder engagement
• Long-term economic, environmental and social legacy.
