Project Profile: The Downs Rewilding, Caterham

The downs rewilding

100% reuse of site won soils – remediated over 15,000m3 of waste soils under CL:AIRE DoWCoP.

Eliminated requirement for disposal and import of materials - focused on decontamination and making topsoil onsite suitable for rewilding.

Complete invasive species eradication – Japanese Knotweed, Horsetail and Hogweed.

Snail translocation under Natural England licence.

Site secured against unwanted trespass and fly tipping.

Create and enhance a soil growing media suitable for the chalk downland.

Species rich endemic planting scheme.


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