Environmental Assessments
Are you applying for a Development Approval (DA) and require a planning assessment?
Do you need to add an Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) to your existing Environmental Authority (EA)?
Is the Department of Environment and Science (DES) proposing a change to your EA?
Are you not sure if the change you want to make to your EA is a minor or major amendment?
We carry out environmental assessments for new projects or activities
We can assist you to gain Development Approvals or Environmental Authorities for your project or activity. In particular, we will help you to gain achievable conditions to prevent future compliance challenges or budget blowouts.
We can:
- Assess environmental risk and impact
- Prepare applications to amend your Environmental Authority (minor/major)
- Participate in pre-lodgement meetings to ensure alignment of expectations
- Review new iterations of Environmental Authorities to identify and consider all changes
We are highly experienced in guiding the operation of sites under DAs and EAs, and utilise this knowledge to foresee to help set your project up for success from the start.
How Can We Help?
Related Projects
Development Approval Support - Green Hydrogen
Lisel Dingley • Sep 29, 2022
With hydrogen a new and emerging industry, associated development applications are being closely analysed.
Our client’s development approval application had been denied due to an insufficient Environmental Management Plan. As an emerging technology, there are limited real world examples to lean on, so we worked closely with our client to understand their vision of an integrated solar, battery, air water generation and hydrogen project.
Of particular importance to the Council was fire and explosion mitigation, and we drew on our complementary safety expertise to appropriately address this aspect.
We prepared an Environmental Management Plan for resubmission to council, working closely with our client and their legal team to deliver a document which was accepted, unqueried, by the Council.
Through this process, we also identified opportunities for improvement in their existing Environmental Authority and suggested amendments to improve compliance achievability once the site is operation.
This is the second disputed development approval application we have successfully assisted. Previously, a client’s application for a brewery had been disputed by the council. We prepared a thorough assessment against relevant planning legislation for also, an undisputed approval. This project was located proximal to a high-risk flood zone and residential areas, which required careful consideration and justification.
Both projects were supported by our in-house draftsperson (Surveyor & Civil Engineer) who produced supporting mapping.
