Environment planning and approvals
What we do
We help organisations navigate complex environmental planning, approval and post-approval processes to keep major infrastructure projects moving through delivery.
Strategic advisory
We provide strategic planning and environmental advice for complex infrastructure projects and programs. We help clients understand planning pathways, environmental risks, approval conditions and delivery implications early, so decisions are grounded in practical project outcomes.
Example: High Speed Rail Authority
Environmental impact assessments
We manage and prepare approval documents for State significant infrastructure and development projects, including scoping reports, environmental impact statements, submissions reports, amendment reports and modification reports. We also support client-side teams by managing consultants and reviewing technical content for legislative compliance, quality and delivery readiness.
Example: Sydney Metro West
Post-approvals
We support clients and contractors through post-approval, pre-construction and construction delivery stages. We help teams understand approval conditions early, manage compliance risks and keep delivery on track.
Preliminary environment and planning investigations
We identify environmental constraints, approval pathways and opportunities to avoid or minimise impacts during early project development. We tailor our advice to the scale, context and maturity of each project, helping clients shape better environmental and social outcomes from the start.
Example: Bells Line of Road PESPI
Review of environmental factors
We prepare Reviews of Environmental Factors and Minor Works REFs for public authorities delivering activities under Part 5, Division 5.1 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Our assessments focus on the key issues, with mitigation that is proportionate to the project scale, location and likely impacts.
Example: Heathcote Road
How we do it
We align approvals with delivery
We work collaboratively and transparently with our clients to align environmental planning and approval processes with project delivery strategies, procurement needs and program commitments.
We understand project context
We take time to understand our clients’ drivers, the broader project context and the decisions our work needs to support.
We identify risks early
We identify risks early, communicate clearly and provide practical advice that helps teams move forward.
We challenge thinking respectfully
We bring independent, respectful challenge to environmental and planning decisions, helping clients consider impacts, approval pathways and delivery requirements together.
We make complex processes clearer
Our aim is to make complex planning and approval processes clearer, more manageable and better connected to successful project delivery.