Planning Application Support
Aquatera are offering assistance in planning applications for both home and business properties. We have capability to support developments from private single houses, up to large commercial developments.
Aquatera’s expert team can provide specific technical elements like Biodiversity and Noise Assessments, Bird Surveys and Technical Photography. We can also help you to prepare the whole application.
Planning application preparation
We can act as your Agent or provide ad-hoc support. Our team can guide you through the Planning process, get pre-application advice from the council planning team, and ensure all the required forms are completed correctly and robustly to avoid planning delays.
Biodiversity assessments
Our specialists can do the Biodiversity assessment for single house planning application. This includes a site visit and walk over to identify plant and animal species for a biodiversity assessment, photography, Biodiversity From completion with robust inputs and evidenced conclusions.
Noise assessments
Desk based noise assessments for small to large developments help you to comply with OIC planning requirements. Service includes GIS mapping, technology noise level assessment, identification of noise sensitive receptors, evidenced impact assessment, mitigation strategy and Planning application inputs.
Technical photography
We offer technical photography services to support your planning application, whether it be for landscape assessment or accurate site baseline images. Our services provide quality images along with the technical information required to evidence the image and the correct photographic settings to produce the required images for planning requirements.
Bird surveys
We undertake bird surveys for a wide range of projects from onshore wind farms to pier extensions. Site visits to identify bird species present, flight line creation, impact assessment and mitigation strategy are part of the service as well as all graphical mapping creation. Our bird surveys are for small planning projects to large EIA projects.
Shadow flicker assessments
Shadow flicker assessments are planning requirement for all new wind turbines to assess the flicker effect on nearby properties. Our service include GIS mapping, shadow flicker modelling, receptor identification, providing evidenced based impact assessment and planning application input.
