Scope of Our Services

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):

• initial appraisals of development sites to determine environmental constraints
• screening the need for Environmental Impact Assessments and scoping the content and breadth of an EIA for a proposed development
• the assessment of site baseline conditions, alternative locations for development, and cumulative impacts assessment
• the planning context, socio-economic assessments and, sustainability inputs to the EIA
• drawing together a team of specialists and providing project management to deliver high quality, cost effective EIA that complies with good practice and legal requirements
• development of mitigation measures to negate adverse impacts and enhance the environment
• production of an Environmental Statement (ES) to support a planning application
• review and interpretation of an existing Environmental Statement to ensure quality
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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Sustainability Appraisal (SA):

• advice on all aspects of SEA/SA including screening and scoping reports
• undertaking and managing an SEA/SA and producing an Environmental Report
• production of Sustainability Appraisals of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Documents as required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) and their review
• review of an existing SEA/SA to ensure quality
• production of alternative SA/SEAs of development locations for site representations
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Appropriate Assessment under the Habitats Directive:

• the Appropriate Assessment of Local Development Documents under the European Habitats Directive
• identification of constraints to development created by European designated sites
• advice on how these constraints will affect a proposed development
• the collection and presentation of all necessary information (where available) to allow the competent authority to reach a decision about the likelihood of an effect on the designated site. This may be achieved by drawing together and managing a team of specialists and collating various inputs
• the development of mitigation measures to remove any possible adverse effects
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