Suffolk Coast Recreational Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (‘RAMS’)
The Suffolk Coast Recreation Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (‘RAMS’) is a partnership between East Suffolk Council, Ipswich Borough Council and Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils. Its aim is to mitigate and avoid the impact of increased levels of recreational use of Habitats sites, resulting from new residential development in the area. Each Council’s Local Plan Habitats Regulations Assessment, found that the effects of new residential development from increased visitor numbers when considered in-combination could not be effectively mitigated or avoided without a Strategy, hence the creation of the Suffolk Coast RAMS. The Strategy provides a cost effective, simple, coordinated way for developers to deliver mitigation for their developments across the project area, especially when compared to project-by-project mitigation packages otherwise required. The RAMS partnership approach also has support from Natural England.
The public facing brand of the Suffolk Coast RAMS is Wildlife Wise.