Environmental Consulting Services

We are a Scottish based SME providing independent and objective environmental planning, sustainability and climate change services.

Project Planning & Consenting

  • Consent strategies

  • Project leadership

  • Development planning and policy interpretation

  • Site constraints and feasibility analysis

  • Technical reports authoring and editing

  • Document review / audit

  • PLI preparation and support

  • Discharging planning and consent conditions

  • Stakeholder engagement

Windfarm in Scotland
Windfarm in Scotland
Capabilities and Services
Sectoral Experience
  • Renewable Energy

  • Electricity Transmission / Grid

  • Transport Infrastructure

  • Sustainable Transport

  • Land Use Planning

  • Urban and Rural Development

  • Flood Management

  • Third Sector and Community Development

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Environmental Assessment

Expertise in leading, undertaking, reviewing and implementing statutory and non-statutory environmental assessment.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Statutory EIA & EIA legislation

  • EIA direction and management

  • EIA in the project consent process

  • Environmental Statement (ES) and EIA Report (EIAR) review, audit and critique

  • Mitigation and risk strategies

  • Cumulative environmental effects (CEA) assessment

  • HRA, BNG and climate integration

  • Environmental management plans (EMP)

  • Training and coaching in environmental assessment

  • Report authoring and editing

Active travel route
Active travel route
Sustainability Appraisal
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

  • Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

  • Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA)

  • Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA)

  • Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

  • Strategies, programmes and plans

  • Policy appraisal

  • Training, mentoring and coaching

  • Horizon scanning

  • Report authoring and editing

  • Project permitting and environmental consents

  • Integrating EIA into consenting and planning strategies

  • Consenting risk management and mitigation

  • Technical review and advice to project teams

  • Consultation and stakeholder engagement, including Pre-application Consultation (PAC)

  • Climate change management

  • EIA / SEA Training

Consenting and Advisory
Broadleaf woodland
Broadleaf woodland
Sustainable design
Sustainable design

Sustainable Resource Management

Sustainable approaches to resource management, Net Zero emissions and nature recovery for projects, plans and organisations

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a bird is perched on a tree branch
Typical Services
  • Climate mitigation, risks and adaptation

  • Greenhouse gas (GHG) / carbon emissions assessment

  • Climate and Net Zero strategies

  • Climate adaptation planning and appraisal

  • Legislation and policy tracking

  • Policy, strategy and regulatory advice

  • Nature recovery strategy and BNG

  • Waste and resources planning

  • Circular economy strategies

  • Natural Capital assessment

Climate change protest
Climate change protest
Wider Offerings
  • Environmental training and capacity building

  • Workshop facilitation

  • Community projects

  • SME collaboration

  • Blogging, editorial/content creation for websites, periodicals, newsletters etc

  • Bid and funding application support writing

  • STEM support