Environmental management, permitting, and consent
WSP has specific expertise in the delivery of environmental consents and permits in technical content, and project management. We prepare and deliver Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (EISA), Sustainability Appraisals, Strategic Environmental Assessments, and the evidence required to accompany applications for discrete development through to entire projects.
Our service covers tidal works and marine licensing, permitted development, landside planning permission and sustainable development initiatives. We are well prepared to tackle new and enhanced technical elements required under the amended ESIA Directive 2014/52/EU, such as health impact and climate change resilience in design.
Our consenting, permitting, and ESIA experience embraces all stages of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies, analysis of options through to detailed design. Our role is often practical, supporting larger engineering contracts by reviewing, and supervising the ongoing civil works and monitoring activities being carried out by contractors.
Discharging consents, reviewing Environmental Management Plans and troubleshooting issues such as light, noise and vibration, air quality, waste management, and handling hazardous materials through to ecology and archaeology fall within our wide range of specializations.