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Environmental
Planning & PermittingWho We Are
MWH is a leading global consultant
in the environmental, water and
waste infrastructure sectors providing
premier consultancy, construction and
programme management services to
government agencies, local authorities,
multinational companies and industrial
clients worldwide
Founded over 100 years ago and now
with over 7,500 staff and offices in 35
countries, MWH has a long standing
tradition of environmental excellence and
a culture of challenge and innovation
which we have consistently used to
deliver best value. In the UK, MWH
has 1,800 staff based in 16 offices
throughout the U.K. and by linking to our
worldwide network our projects benefit
from our local knowledge as well as
global experience regardless of size.
Delivering Environmental Excellence
MWH is committed to the principles of
sustainability and are pioneers in solving
environmental, climate change and
energy challenges. Our environmental
specialists provide experience and
knowledge of the increasingly complex
planning and permitting systems as
well as the wider, environmental, social,
economic and political context within
which they fit.
MWH’s integrated planning and
permitting team has been specifically
created to provide an environmental
consultancy service which allows our
clients to benefit from the synergies
(including lower costs) gained from
having planning and environmental
permitting services provided by the same
team. Their experience and skills have
helped many clients to achieve effective
solutions to complex issues.
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Partnership Approach
We have a partnership approach to our
projects working with our clients rather
than for them, to deliver technically
excellent, commercial and pragmatic
solutions which minimise risk and
costly delays.
Our collaborative approach extends to
working with key stakeholders; be they
local councils and community groups or
other professional advisors to ensure all
parties are fully engaged in the project
and understand the often complex
environmental challenges involved.
The Skills YOU Need
We have the flexibility and capability
to meet all of your environmental
needs however large or small. We
can provide an individual specialist to
address a specific local need or we can
provide a multidisciplinary team of in-
house specialists to address all of the
environmental challenges associated
with your project.
As our UK team are integrated into
our global environmental compliance
team, multinational companies can be
assured of a consistent service where
ever their project is located.
Our Proven Expertise
MWH is one of the original members
of the Institute of Environmental
Management & Assessment (IEMA)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Quality Mark.
The EIA Quality Mark provides
assurances to clients that MWH is
committed to effective practice, and
the delivery of a high quality service
and product, when leading and co-
ordinating EIAs.
To maintain the EIA Quality Mark
standards IEMA undertakes an annual
review of members’ compliance with
agreed EIA commitments.
Following such a review an
independent assessor stated
MWH’s “EIA management is
very good” and that “adding
value to clients was clearly
part of company thinking”
Our environmental specialists are
members of some of the most
respected environmental bodies in the
UK including:
• Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment (IEMA)
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
• Chartered Institute of Waste
Management (CIWM)
• Chartered Institute of Environmental
Health (CIEH)
• Chartered Institute of Water and
Environmental Management (CIWEM)
All of these organisations require
their members to be fully conversant
with new environmental regulations,
tools and technologies. Our team
combines this knowledge with
experience to deliver a range of high
quality environmental projects across
a variety of sectors as the following
projects demonstrate.
Environmental Permitting
& Compliance Services
Client: United Utilities PLC
MWH has been providing environmental
compliance and permitting services to
United Utilities since 2005. In that time
our planning and permitting team have
prepared and submitted over 25 permit
applications for wastewater treatment
sites and assessed each installation
against industry BAT. In addition, our
team has worked alongside the client
to develop a bespoke Environmental
Asset Management tool to demonstrate
compliance with BAT requirements.
The tool has been approved by the
Environment Agency.
Kings Street Gas Storage Project
(Pipelines) Client: King Street Energy
(Cheshire) Ltd
MWH produced an EIA for 58km of
pipelines transporting water from the
Mersey Estuary at Bromborough to
King Street Northwich, and returning
saltwater produced from mining
processes back to the Mersey Estuary
within a SSSI and downstream of the
Mersey Estuary Ramsar and SPA. When
Wirral Borough Council considered the
EIA for the pipelines in 2008, it was
noted that:-
Mid Wales Connection Project
Client: National Grid Electricity
MWH planning and permitting team
is producing the EIA and assisting
National Grid with its stakeholder
consultation process relating to the
routeing of a 400kV transmission
line from a new hub substation in
mid-Wales to a grid connection in
Shropshire, some 50km away. The
transmission line is required to connect
a number of proposed wind farms in
Mid Wales to the National Grid.
These activities will support a
subsequent Development Consent
Order (DCO) application for Nationally
Significant Infrastructure Project.
“The quality of the
submissions put forward
through the ES and the
professionalism the Council
has encountered was of the
highest standard they have
ever seen”.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDITS
SEA AND SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISALSINCEPTION & COMMISSIONING
OPERATION
DECOMMISSIONING
EIA SCREENING AND SCOPING
ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT
ECOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND REPORTS
HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLANS
HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
STRATEGIC SITE ASSESSMENT/ ROUTE CORRIDOR INVESTIGATION
PLANNING POLICY ADVICE
DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS
PLANNING APPLICATIONS, APPEALS AND INQUIRIES
DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
FLOOD RISK/CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT
SITE RESTORATION/RECLAMATION ALTERNATIVE LAND USE ASSESSMENT
EXPERT WITNESS
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DUE DILIGENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND BAT
CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ASBESTOS SURVEYS
ISO14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTSYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND AUDITING
DISCHARGE CONSENTSAND ABSTRACTION LICENCES
RISK ASSESSMENTS
NOISE SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENTS
EHS/SHE AUDITS
WASTE AUDITS
Michael WrightHead of Environmental Services
t: + 44 (0)1925 845120
m: + 44 (0)7990 534931
We have a full range of dedicated
environmental staff to assist you
at all stages of a project life cycle
from inception and commissioning,
through operation to decommissioning.
Clare TaylorTechnical Discipline Leader
Planning & Permitting
t: + 44 (0)2920 767104
m: + 44 (0)7818 077966
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