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www.neo-environmental.co.uk


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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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Client

Ib vogt GmbHHelmholtzstr. 2-9

10587 Berlin

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.


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.



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.


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.


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.


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


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:


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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