De Novo Planning Group

De Novo Planning Group is a land use and environmental planning firm specializing in community planning, environmental studies, and sustainability planning. The founding principals have successfully completed over 250 projects consisting of comprehensive general plan updates, environmental impact reports, negative declarations, initial studies, NEPA analyses, climate action plans, biological assessments, wetland delineations, specific plans, housing elements, and development projects throughout California. Our mission is to provide municipal and private sector clients with world-class professional services, through principal-level attention to every project. We pride ourselves on our ability to work with clients to balance the often conflicting goals of economic, social, environmental, legal, and political forces. Our services result in an integrated planning and environmental solution for every project that is technically sound, cost effective and delivered within the client's schedule. Our philosophy is to proactively plan and design projects in such a way that public and environmental concerns are addressed and accommodated early in the process. We strongly believe in the use of local knowledge for developing sensible and cost-effective solutions to local concerns. Our solutions integrate local knowledge with the best available resources to achieve recognized national and international standards for planning and environmental management, to achieve a balance in local economic, social, and environmental goals. De Novo Planning Group is dedicated to fostering a partnership with each agency we serve, through listening to the community and stakeholders and reflecting the ideas and concerns we hear in the approach developed for each project.