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www.neo-environmental.co.uk
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ABOUT US
Neo Environmental Ltd is a multidisciplinary consultancy
that provides cost effective environmental and technical
services to developers and planners working within
the energy, commercial and residential property
development, aggregates and infrastructure sectors
across the UK and Ireland. The company is proud of
the fact that our services have been commissioned
for projects throughout the whole of the British Isles,
from Cornwall to Shetland. We have also been involved
in numerous renewable energy and infrastructural
projects in Ireland.
Our fully integrated approach ensures the delivery
of high quality comprehensive and bespoke services,
while also providing diligence and expertise. Neo
Environmental’s process guarantees that we work to
the highest possible standards in order to achieve a
successful outcome on your behalf. Our staff are trained
to the highest standards and work with the most up-
to-date software packages, many of which have been
developed in-house.
We have a team of highly skilled and accredited
environmental consultants, ecologists, landscape
architects, engineers, archaeologists, noise consultants,
hydrologists, and technicians to ensure we meet the
specific requirements of your projects, within budget.
Our input can range from the provision of discrete
technical or environmental advice focusing on specific
requirements, to a more integrated service, whereby we
can produce comprehensive environmental reports and
provide significant input for all stages of development.
As a company working within numerous markets, our
involvement has ranged from early feasibility and design
through to construction and decommissioning stages of
projects. projects.
Our cultures and values ensure you receive:
• Independent, impartial, honest advice
• Excellent competitive rates
• A motivated, enthusiastic team of highly skilled individuals with strong technical and environmental backgrounds
• A service which guides you through every stage of the project
• A bespoke, tailor made solution that minimises your risk
• Leading market knowledge and information
Please feel free to contact us to discuss any of our services. We are happy to meet to discuss your requirements in
more detail.
We can undertake initial environmental constraint analysis for projects free of charge to identify environmental
assessment and survey requirements (Terms and Conditions apply).
Call us on 0141 773 62 62 or alternatively e-mail us at: [email protected] for a competitive quote for
any of the service outlined below.
SERVICES
We provide site surveys & investigations, desk-based
assessment and analytical services, typically tailored to
a particular project. All Neo Environmental employees
are members of their respective professional bodies
and the Company is registered with the Institute of
Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
Neo Environmental can produce full EIAs or standalone
ES chapters to suit the requirements of our clients. We
have significant experience of working with and for
various planning consultancies, architects, engineers
and developers.
As part of our involvement in projects, we ensure
that our client obligations are satisfactorily achieved
including regulatory compliance, budgeted costs and
target completion dates. At the project inception stage
we develop an extremely robust project programme,
outlining key milestones and deliverables. As situations
change, alterations to work programs will be agreed in
order to compliment client schedules and requirements.
Our Environmental Assessment services include:
• Landscape Architecture
• Ecology & Ornithology
• Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
• Hydrology, Geohydrology & soil
• Flood Risk Assessments
• Noise & Acoustic Assessments
• Traffic and Transportation
• Swept Path Analysis
• Clerks of work
• Technical Assessments
• Restoration plans
• 3D Visualisations
• Shadow Flicker Assessments
• Public Consultations and Exhibitions
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
With significant experience in statutory and non-
statutory EIA, Neo Environmental is accustomed to
working to all current EIA related methodologies and
delivering multi-disciplinary EIA scoping and ES stage
reports for projects.
Neo Environmental have undertaken EIA’s for quarries,
commercial developments, public sector projects,
infrastructural developments, wind projects, solar farms
and residential developments.
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Neo Environmental can provide a range of landscape
planning and design services to help ensure the
successful consent and development of your project.
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments are a
statutory requirement for EIA’s and as such are one
of the most important elements for consideration in
development proposals. Large scale developments such
as wind farms, major infrastructural projects and large
commercial proposals require LVIA’s, which should be
accompanied by representative visualizations and well
integrated design work.
Neo Environmental has extensive experience in
providing both practical and c`ost effective mitigation
and enhancement design measures, which can help
alleviate potential negative effects of a project. We
will often work closely with our ecologists to enhance
biodiversity and the overall environmental benefits of
the project.
Our Landscape Architecture services include:
• Landscape and visual impact assessments –
including cumulative assessments
• Detail landscape design
• Landscape Planning
• Mineral restoration plans
• Landscape enhancement strategies
• Production of graphics and visualisations (including
3D visuals)
• Residential Amenity Assessments
LANDSCAPE ARCITECTURE
Benefits of using Neo Environmental:
Our multi-disciplinary team will liaise internally to ensure
that any mitigation or enhancement measures are
optimally designed to ensure maximum environmental
benefits. Instances where this approach has been
effective include: tree planting and landscape restoration
plans for three quarry projects, where native species
and ecologically sensitive practices were proposed that
also increased biodiversity by creating habitat corridors
for bats and birds. We have also used tree planting for
screening projects while also aiding in reducing flood
risk, such as for solar farms.
Relevant Experience:
Neo Environmental have undertaken cumulative
landscape and visual assessments (CLVIAs) as standalone
reports and ES chapters. Our consultants have produced
landscape proposals, landscape restoration strategies
and plans as well as producing in-house visualisations
(including 3D visuals) for a range of project types across
all of the UK and Ireland. These projects have ranged
from renewable energy projects (including wind farms,
solar farms and hydro schemes) to infrastructural and
residential projects.
Our landscape architects follow all current best practice guidance and employ the latest computer software for
producing visualisations and reports.
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Our Ecology services include:
• Phase 1 and Phase 2 Habitat surveys
• Ecological and Ornithological Impact Assessment
• BREEAM Surveys
• Protected species surveys
• Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems
(GWDTE)
• Terrestrial surveys and identification
• Breeding and winter bird survey
• Botanical and NVC survey
• Bat Surveys
• Pre, during and post construction services
• Clerk of works
• Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs) &
Environmental Site Management Plans (ESMPs)
ECOLOGY & ORNITHOLOGY
Our Ecology team’s extensive skills base enables Neo
Environmental to offer a comprehensive in-house
survey and assessment service.
Neo Environmental provides ecological assessment,
interpretation and solutions for the planning and
development stages for renewables, commercial,
residential and infrastructure projects of all sizes.
The broad range of expert ecological services Neo
Environmental provides enables us to tailor our services
to the individual requirements of your specific projects
in the most cost-effective way. Our expert team has
designed and implemented ecological assessments for
a variety of projects throughout the UK and Ireland,
ranging from small-scale single turbine schemes to
schools, quarries and commercial solar farms.
Benefits of using Neo Environmental:
Our principal ecologist has gained extensive experience
while working as a ranger within country parks; where
they developed ecological management plans. They have
tailored this knowledge and expertise to help mitigate
and where possible enhance biodiversity and ecology
(through cost effective measures) within schemes. Our
experience has been used by clients at all stages and we
have developed numerous habitat management plans
using simple, practical and cheap solutions.
Relevant Experience:
We have undertaken all forms of surveys including
Phase 1 & 2 habitat surveys, Breeding and non-Breeding
bird surveys, NVCs, GCNs, GWDTEs, etc, for numerous
development types throughout the UK, from schools
and housing, to wind farms and solar farms. We have
also produced BREEAM ecological assessments for
developments
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Our Archaeological services include:
• Desk Based Assessments
• Walk over surveys & site assessments
• Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA)
• Pre-development Testing
• Written schemes of investigation (WSI)
• Watching Briefs
• Post excavation reports
• Heritage planning and development advise
• Historic landscape assessments
• Discharge of conditions relating to archaeology
• Archaeological Clerk of works
ARCHAEOLOGY & CULTURAL HERITAGE
Neo Environmental’s in-house experts can provide
efficient and cost-effective archaeological solutions to
its clients. Our consultants are members of both the
Institute of Field Archaeologists (UK) and Institute of
Archaeologists of Ireland.
We have market leading knowledge and experience
in undertaking Cultural Heritage and Archaeological
Assessments. Neo Environmental can supply
archaeological planning advice, guidance and micro-
siting help on design proposals. We have experience of
liaising and consulting with local planning authorities,
national heritage agencies and relevant stakeholders
to ensure our clients receive cost effective and fair
solutions for their development. Our consultants have
extensive experience of identifying areas of limited
archaeological potential and areas where impacts are
likely.
Benefits of using Neo Environmental:
Our consultants have successfully overcame visual
impact and direct impacts through effective and robust
consultation with LPA archaeologists and various
stakeholders (Historic Scotland, English Heritage, etc.).
We work in combination with our landscape architects
when assessing impacts from projects on the setting
and character of heritage assets and produce various
visualisations using our specialist in-house software. Our
knowledge and experience can aid in mitigating impacts
upon sensitive areas. Where feasible, we will evaluate
options for enhancing heritage and archaeological sites
as part of projects.
Relevant Experience:
Our consultants have worked on ES Cultural Heritage
chapters for major developments ranging from roads,
harbours, quarries and housing projects to large multi-
megawatt renewable energy projects. We have been
involved in all stages of archaeological works from
project inception to completion, including the production
of project design, discharging of conditions and clerks of
work for major infrastructural projects.
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Our Hydrology services include:
• Desk Based Assessments
• Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
• Flood Risk Assessments (FRA’s)
• CAR (Controlled Activities Regulations) license
applications
• Hydrological survey and Site assessments
• Hydro-ecology surveys and statistical analysis
• Hydro-electric assessments
HYDROLOGY & HYDROGEOLOGY
Neo Environmental can provide the expertise and in-
house knowledge required for conducting hydrological
assessments and Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) for
proposed developments. The company has undertaken
numerous FRAs for major developments and projects
in sensitive areas. We have also provided tailor made
SuDS solutions to mitigate potential issues in proximity
to GWDTEs (Ground Water Dependent Terrestrial
Ecosystems) and areas susceptible to flooding due to
increased surface run-off.
Our consultants have significant experience of liaising
with Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and Environmental
agencies throughout the UK and Ireland in relation to
hydrological and geohydrological constraints.
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Ib vogt GmbHHelmholtzstr. 2-9
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Farm Image Agricultural Services Ltd.Howletts Farm
Knockwood LaneMolash
CanterburyKent
CT4 8HW01233 740247
www.farmimage.co.uk
Flood Risk Assessments:
Recent legislation has created the framework for a
co-ordinated and sustainable approach to flood risk
management in Scotland. This new legislation places
an emphasis on assessing the likelihood of flooding, in
conjunction with the estimated impact on people, the
economy and the environment. They are also required
as part of the National Planning Policy Framework,
PPS25, BREEAM, and Code for Sustainable Homes. We
have produced numerous Level 1 FRA’s for developments
including solar farms, wind projects, and housing and
commercial developments. Over 95% of the projects
that we have conducted FRAs for have achieved consent
and none have been refused due to flood risks.
Relevant Experience:
Neo Environmental have designed swales and various
SuDS schemes for projects ranging from solar farm and
wind developments in flood risk areas, to residential
and commercial developments. We have been involved
in the environmental assessment and feasibility study
stage of numerous hydro-electric schemes including one
in Snowdonia National Park in Wales and another in
Dumfries and Galloway.
www.neo-environmental.co.uk
Relevant Experience:
We have acted as consultants in IEC61400-11 noise
assessments and provided technical advice to four
different wind turbine manufacturers trying to reduce
their noise emission figures or get MCS accreditation.
The company has conducted and coordinated noise
assessments for numerous developments and dealt
with environmental health complaints and condition
discharges across the UK. We have conducted noise
assessments as part of BREEAM project requirements
such as for a new large school in Slough.
Benefits of using Neo Environmental:
The Company has developed our own in-house ISO 9613-
2 modelling software for calculating the attenuation of
sound during propagation outdoors. This can be used to
predict levels of environmental noise at a distance from
a variety of different sources including wind turbines
and solar farm electrical equipment.
Our Acoustic services include:
• Consultation with Local Planning Authority (LPA)
Environmental Health Officers
• Initial site constraint analysis
• Desk Based noise impact assessments
• Cumulative noise impact assessments
• Background noise monitoring and report
production
• Production of detailed noise assessments and ES
report chapters
• Assessment of mitigation options
• Reviews of third party noise assessments
• Noise complaint investigations
ACOUSTICS
working with most of the various local planning authorities throughout Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.
The company’s in-house consultants can predict noise levels for different developments using various industry
software packages and where required can provide appropriate noise mitigation advice.
Neo Environmental can provide clients
with specialist noise appraisals ranging
from desktop noise impact assessments
to on-site background noise surveys and
recommendations. Our noise specialists
are affiliated with the Institute of
Acoustics and have in depth knowledge
of national and international noise
assessment standards. Furthermore,
our consultants have experience of
Wind energy projects (in particular) receive stringent assessment by Local Planning Authorities and third parties, so it
is essential to evaluate noise constraints and requirements at an early stage in the planning process.
Please contact Neo Environmental on the number above for advice on noise criteria for projects and potential siting
options.
Benefits of using Neo Environmental:
Our integrated approach ensures that we can identify
constraints at an early stage including if there are
potential transportation or access issues. We can
undertake feasibility assessments at an early stage (often
for free) to identify potential environmental constraints.
We will then suggest the level of information that a client
will require for the planning stage of projects. We can do
this for all disciplines. This will result in an identification
of upfront costs.
Relevant Experience:
Our experience in this sector has ranged from undertaking
simple traffic counts and swept path analysis for
quarries, to Construction Traffic Management Plans for
wind projects and solar farms with over 70,000 panels,
etc.
Our Traffic & Transportation services include:
• Traffic Assessments (TAs)
• Construction Traffic Management Plans (CTMPs)
• Swept Path Analysis (using the latest Autodesk
Vehicle Tracking software)
• Junction Design
• Access Road Design
• AutoCAD Drafting & Detailing
TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION
identify whether a Assessment will be required and the scope of this.
Often project consents will entail conditions outlining the requirement for a Construction Traffic Management Plan
(CTMP) and abnormal load assessment. This condition will need to be formally discharged before any significant
works can take place on site. It is therefore imperative that developers ensure they get their assessments correct and
that loads will be transportable. Insufficient assessment at the outset of projects can result in long-term delays during
later pre-construction stages.
A Traffic Assessment (TA) will let
highway authorities and planning
authorities ascertain the impact
of a proposed development
and to consider if any highway
improvements are likely to be
required as a result of any increase
in traffic caused by the proposals.
It is highly recommended that
developers consult with the highway
authorities at an early stage to
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TECHNICAL SERVICES
Neo Environmental have conducted the public
consultation process for a number of renewable energy
projects, including solar farms, hydro schemes and
wind energy projects throughout the UK. Engaging
with local residents and councils prior to submitting
any information to the planning authority provides an
opportunity to develop some positive press and to inform
locals of the merits of the project. Public consultation is
set out as part of good practice guidelines and defined
in the National Planning Framework (NPF).
Our Services include:
• Address finding
• Community Briefing note production
• Comments form & questionnaire production
• Management of process including sending letters
and receiving feedback
• Public exhibition board visualisation and board
production
• Organisation of public exhibitions
• Compilation of the Statement of Community
Involvement
We can compile the feedback (where agreed) as part
of the Statement of Community Involvement which can
be submitted at the planning stage of the project. This
statement will outline the community engagement that
was undertaken including any briefing notes submitted
and public exhibitions held.
packages or on a bespoke basis where required. These
visualisations have been commissioned for pre-application
meetings with planning officers, for public exhibitions or to
supplement planning applications. Neo Environmental can
aid with mapping requirements using our suite of software.
Where required our in-house technical consultants and landscape architects can aid in the development of
visualisations, mapping and technical drawings. These visualisations can range from photomontages for wind
developments to 3D Visualisations for solar or large scale developments. We have produced these as part of landscape
PUBLIC CONSULTATION & EXHIBITIONS
Archaeological clerks of work experience:
Our archaeologists have been commissioned to work as
clerks of works on two solar farms of over 20 hectares,
where they monitored all the access tracks, laydown and
parking facilities, cable trenches, substation foundations
and all other ancillary development groundworks. The
project in Essex consisted of a watching brief (during
construction phase) with the other project (Canterbury)
consisting of pre-development trial trenching. Both
projects have been signed-off and were completed
ahead of schedule with no further works required.
Our archaeologists have acted as clerks of works on gas
pipelines, harbour developments (including dredging
watching briefs), housing developments (from single
one-off houses to large 40 house estates, quarries,
etc.). All projects have been completed to schedule.
These works often coincided with the ecological clerks
of works we had to undertake (e.g. ground nesting
surveys, dormice, etc. – see ecological clerks of works)
Ecological Clerks of works experience:
Neo Environmental have been commissioned to act
as ecological clerks of works for a school development
at Slough, where training of staff and monitoring of
groundworks was required as part of the planning
conditions and BREEAM compliance. All hedgerows,
trees and sensitive habitats had to be protected. The
project was signed-off and the school is now open.
We have also acted as clerks of works for a wind energy
development in Cornwall where all hedgerows were
protected and we had to monitor construction works
as well as undertake nesting bird and dormice surveys.
We advised the clients on hedge trimming regimes to
reduce the potential of nesting birds in the specific areas
of development (prior to the breeding bird season) in
the months leading up to the project. We have also
undertaken Great Crested Newt, reptile, badger, otter,
water vole and bat surveys for construction phases of
developments.
CLERK OF WORKS
• Residential;
• Commercial;
• Wind energy;
• Commercial solar; and
• Infrastructural projects
Benefits of using neo Environmental:
Our in-house multi-disciplinary team ensures that we can identify mitigation measures that could provide additional
environmental benefits therefore justifying impacts. For example we have justified the removal of ancient hedgerows
and re-planting elsewhere through proving the landscape and visual mitigation will outweigh the potential ecological
and archaeological disturbance. We have been able to remove trees by filling gaps in tree lines and hedgerows (with
the input of our landscape architect and ecologist); therefore creating a habitat corridor rather than an isolated
fragmented habitat and a full visual screen. Our landscape architect produced 3D visualisations showing the visual
impact reduction through tree growth over the lifespan of the project.
Neo Environmental staff have acted as archaeological and ecological clerks of works for a number of development
types including:
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CASE STUDIES
Three Quarry EIAs on behalf of clients including
Mortimer Quarries (3.5ha) and McTigue Quarries
(5ha)
These projects involved undertaking the scoping opinion
request and consulting with all the relevant consultees
and stakeholders. Our in-house staff produced the
Ecology, Cultural Heritage, Landscape, Socio-Economic,
Design and Access and Natura Impact Assessments
(NIA). We also produced habitat management plans and
landscape restoration proposals for the projects.
Haybrook College redevelopment BREEAM
assessments
Neo Environmental acted as ecological clerks of work
for the construction phase (see Clerks of works section),
while also undertook a post installation background noise
assessment including plant measurements to ensure
compliance with BREEAM 2011 Pol 5 requirements.
15MW Molehill solar farm, Canterbury
Neo Environmental completed all of the environmental
assessments required for consent of this 21ha
development. The site had some major constraints
that were mitigated, including its adjacent location
to a substantial area of ancient woodland and the
site also encompassed a flood risk area. The project
will provide some significant ecological benefits to
the area with the development of hibernacula and
the planting of species rich hedgerows. A habitat
management regime is also being implemented as part
of the project. Neo Environmental conducted all of the
environmental assessments in-house, including the
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Ecological
Surveys and Habitat Management Plan, Archaeology
and Built Heritage Assessment, Construction and Traffic
Management Plan and 3D visualisations. We also
undertook the pre-development archaeological trial
trenching involving a 10 strong team of archaeologists.
The works involved over 1km of access tracks and 3km
of cabling, as well as the foundations for numerous
buildings. Neo Environmental agreed the methodology
and mitigation measures with the council archaeologist
and managed to co-ordinate work around the site
development program, to ensure that the contractors
schedule was not impacted. Vogt solar, the developer
of the site, has been extremely co-operative and has
ensured that all archaeological aspects have been fully
resolved without issue.
Residential Developments
Neo environmental have completed environmental work
on a number of steading and residential developments
in Scotland and northern England. This has included
undertaking ecology, archaeology, hydrology, landscape,
construction noise and traffic and transport assessment
work for an EIA development for a 100 house residential
scheme in East Ayrshire.
Bat Surveys
We have conducted numerous bat activity and
roost surveys for steading developments and other
residential projects in Scotland and England for planning
consultants. The amount of survey effort undertaken
has varied from a single building inspection prior to the
steading development, to 3 months’ worth of surveys
for large scale residential schemes.
“Neo Environmental very quickly proved themselves
to be a highly professional and reliable team. We have
sought their advice on a range of projects from small
feed-in tariff schemes up to large scale industrial wind
farms. Their knowledge of the technical and practical
aspects of renewables development is obvious from
the start but their professional and friendly approach is
what you remember most”Greig Templeton BSc (Hons), Pg Dip, ARB, RIBA,
Planning Project Manager, Intelligent Land
Investments (ILI) Ltd.
“We have used NEO to lead and undertake the
planning process on our behalf for both large scale
solar developments, single wind turbine projects and
wind re-powering exercises. The breadth of knowledge
and pragmatic approach by the NEO team has led
us to be constantly impressed with their ability to
work through the many hurdles and issues that arise
through the feasibility and planning process. This has
included resolving some fairly complicated noise and
siting issues. The planning materials they produce are
extremely professional and we appreciate the amount
of negotiation and discussion that NEO undertake on our
behalf with the local authority planners, environmental
health offices and other internal staff. This really helps
the process and is a real strength of all at NEO”Paul Holmes-Ling, CEO, The Farm Energy Partnership
Project Manager, ibvogt Gmbh“We are currently working with Neo Environmental on
a portfolio of wind energy project and right from the
word go they haven’t disappointed. They are the utmost
professionals, keeping to deadlines and producing
top quality work which has way superseded our
expectations. I would have no qualms in recommending
Neo Environmental for environmental consultancy
work.”Angela Lamont, Sustainable Development Assistant,
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Clients include:• WPD Scotland
• Parker Dann
• Smiths Gore
• Castillium
• Lark Energy
• CKD Galbraith
• Earthmill
• Farm Energy Partnership
• Hendersons
• Logan PM
• MadenEco
• McLaughlin & Harvey
• Richard Irvin
• TATA
• Terra Renewables
• Urban Wind
• Intelligent Land Investments
• Vogt Solar
• Kingspan
• Nordri
• Hadrian Electrical
• H&H Group
• Dumfries & Galloway Council
• CM Design
• Land Use Consultants
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