Planning and environmental work is carried out under the Legal and Government Affairs Department at the RYA managed by Gus Lewis.

The Environment and Planning Team itself consists of the following staff:
Dr. Susie Tomson: RYA Planning and Environmental Advisor
Sarah Black: The Green Blue Project Manager
Jane Swan: The Green Blue Partnership Officer
Helen Waterhouse: The Green Blue Project Development Officer
Dan Reading: The Green Blue Recycling Officer
Ruth Sharratt: The Green Blue Wales Project Coordinator
Julia Christie: The Green Blue Scotand Project Coordinator
*The Green Blue is the RYA and BMF's joint environmental awareness initiative and are jointly funded positions

The work of the staff is supported by the Planning and Environmental Committee consisting of the following volunteers who have a variety of different expertise from biology to energy developments as well as having regional interests:
Chris Edwards: Chairman and Eastern Region
Bob Russell OBE: Southern Region
Roger Lankaster: Eastern Region
Dr Graham Russell: RYA Scotland
Bob Lowe: WYA
Ted Osborn: Thames Region
Howard Reynold Jones: North West Region
Adrian Bell: Northern Ireland 
Paul Rayner: South East 
Neal Hill: North East Region