Environmental Assessment

Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment form an integral part of present day planning policy. Environmental Impact Assessment considers the effect of a planning proposal upon aspects of the physical environment including soil, water and air and advises on mitigation. Consultations are undertaken during the scoping process, quantified during technical studies and further consultation, and finally presented in an Environmental Statement.

Environmental Assessment is an extension of Impact Assessment beyond the planning process into construction and the development of land management programmes which provide mitigation and compensation. These in turn provide a process for resource management and environmental planning directed towards the achievement of sustainable development principles.

PBA have considerable experience in the assessment of potential impacts upon the physical environment and the subsequent development of mitigating measures and sustainable resource management.

PBA are members of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment.