Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

1987 - 2005: Director of Environmental Planning and Principal
Ecological Consultant with MJCA
Dr Wilson directed the Company services in planning, environmental assessment,
environmental audit, environmental management systems and waste management
licensing bringing his strong organisational skills to manage successfully these complex
environmental projects. Dr Wilson is an experienced expert witness and has given
evidence on the subjects of minerals and waste management operations, planning policy,
need and ecology.
Dr Wilson was responsible for the Environmental Planning services of the Company which
include town and country planning, minerals planning and in particular waste management
planning. An essential part of his role at MJCA was the assessment of local policy and
strategy in matters of land use and waste management and he has considerable
experience of the structure, analysis and use of local plans. A significant proportion of Dr
Wilson's work involved the preparation and negotiation of environmental assessments and
planning applications where his knowledge of environmental science and understanding of
the technical and practical demands of industrial development are critical.
Dr Wilson is an experienced environmental manager who has assisted a range of
companies from single site to multinational in the development and implementation of
environmental management systems. Working closely with the client company he
undertook environmental reviews, developed environmental policies, prepared manuals
and codes of practice and provided advice on ISO 14001 and EMAS. Dr Wilson has
managed several hundred environmental audits of companies and their facilities to
demonstrate compliance with legislation and environmental policy, for the purpose of due
diligence prior to acquisition and for insurance purposes.
Dr Wilson is an experienced applied and industrial ecologist and provided advice on
matters such as reclamation, conservation, bioengineering and landscape planting with a
strong emphasis on the integration of land development with vegetation and wildlife. Dr
Wilson has particular expertise in the restoration of quarries and landfill sites and in habitat
creation. He lectured regularly to the waste management industry on reclamation and
chaired the landfill reclamation course run by the Environmental Services Association.
1983 - 1987: Research Scientist at the School of Agriculture,
Nottingham University
Dr Wilson was responsible for the design and management of experiments and
reclamation procedures, including the propagation and establishment of native plant
species in a fully active dolerite quarry in Wales, the organisation of surveys to describe
native plant communities in the areas adjacent to the quarry and evaluation of their
conservation status and the monitoring of meteorological and edaphic factors on field sites.
Dr Wilson liaised closely with conservation bodies, local councils, landowners and in
particular the sponsoring quarry company for whom periodic reports were produced and
lectures given. This work culminated in the production of a manual for the continuing
reclamation and conservation of the site.
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