Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) provides a structured assessment of the environmental effects associated with certain development proposals. It considers the likely significant effects of a project and identifies appropriate measures to avoid, reduce or manage those impacts.
Our consultants provide EIA support for development projects where environmental assessment is required or where a coordinated assessment is appropriate to the scale and characteristics of the scheme.
Environmental Baseline Assessment
EIA begins with an understanding of the existing environmental conditions. Depending on the project, this can include ecology, air quality, noise, transport, water, landscape, climate and other environmental factors.
Establishing a robust baseline provides the foundation for assessing how the proposed development could change the surrounding environment.
Environmental Impact Assessment
We assess the potential environmental effects associated with construction and operation of the proposed development.
The assessment considers the characteristics of the project, the sensitivity of affected receptors and the likely significance of identified impacts.
Mitigation and Environmental Management
Where impacts are identified, the EIA process considers measures that can avoid, reduce or manage them.
We work with the wider design team to develop mitigation that is practical, proportionate and capable of being incorporated into the project.
Coordinated Planning Support
EIA can involve multiple technical disciplines and a significant volume of supporting evidence. Our multidisciplinary approach allows environmental considerations to be coordinated across the project rather than assessed in isolation.
This helps provide planning authorities with a clear understanding of the environmental implications of the proposed development.
Supporting Sustainable Development
A well-managed EIA provides decision-makers with evidence about environmental effects and the measures proposed to address them. It can also help development teams identify opportunities to improve environmental performance as the scheme evolves.
Our Environmental Impact Assessors Can Help
The Syntegra Group’s Environmental Impact Assessment consultants offer an enviable level of Environmental Impact Assessment experience for your project, with a thorough understanding of the planning system and the procedural and technical aspects of environmental impact assessment.
Through our depth of knowledge and experience of delivering environmental impact assessment projects, our ability does not only lie with the technical aspects of the work, we will also advise on the cost of an EIA, project risks (both financial and programme risks) and procurement strategy.
Our involvement ranges from the early feasibility to post application stages, including Public Inquiry work, and the discharging of planning conditions with sensitivity towards cost and programme implications.
Our EIA consultants’ experience also includes renewable energy, transport and water resource projects, housing and mixed used developments, mineral extraction, Phase 1 land contamination and waste management.
