Specific services include but are not limited to:

  • Environmental and consenting support to the full project lifecycle from conception, through consenting and design development, and into construction.
  • Consent applications and supporting assessments for:
    • Marine licences;
    • Planning permission;
    • Authorisations under The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (EASR); and
    • Protected Species Licences, including European Protected Species (EPS).
  • Environmental Impact Assessment, authoring, coordination & management.
  • Construction supporting including:
    • Environmental advisor and consenting advisory and compliance support.
    • Environmental/Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW)/Environmental supervisor/manager, Planning Monitoring Officer duties.
    • Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) duties.
  • Environmental Legislation and Regulation Advice & support.
  • Biodiversity Enhancement strategies.
  • Habitat Regulations Appraisal (HRA).
  • Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) and Protected Species Surveys.
  • Biosecurity Management Plans.
  • Optioneering studies Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) and Best Practicable Means (BPM) Assessments.
  • Best Available Technique (BAT) identification and justification.
  • Environmental Safety Cases & Risk Assessments, including environmental input to HAZIDs, HAZOPs and HAZANs.
  • Development site/cable route optioneering.

  •    Stakeholder Engagement:
    • Stakeholder engagement planning;
    • Pre-application Consultation (PAC) to meet marine and planning regulation requirements.
    • Regulator and statutory consultee liaison; and
    • Community and public consultation.
  • ECoW Support
  • Marine Mammal Mitigation advice:
    • PAM and MMO provision/management
    • Baseline surveys/monitoring
    • Impact assessments
  • Ecology Surveys:
    • Otter Surveys and Mitigation Advice
    • Protected Species Surveys
    • Sea Bird surveys and advice