How to win: Integrating nature recovery priorities into Spatial Development Strategy decision-making and place-based delivery

About this contract

This contract will investigate how nature recovery can be effectively integrated into Spatial Development Strategies (SDS) in line with Land Use Framework principles and carried through into subsequent planning, investment and delivery. The project will develop and test a practical, evidence-based resource that helps those preparing and applying the SDS recognise and integrate nature recovery from the outset, including its contribution to wider strategic priorities.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Natural England scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £49,500, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 4 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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