OUR CHALLENGE
LSTC understands that engineering solutions for new build, upgrading and reinforcing existing networks must comply with the latest European, national and local environmental regulations and planning legislation.
Successful compliance is dependent on the synergy between engineering, environmental and planning departments.
Our experts are knowledgeable and their support towards your projects is guaranteed.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Planning, environmental or engineering aspects, considered in isolation, rarely provide acceptable solutions. Early foresight, collaboration and coordination of these aspects are paramount to a successful project.
Our experienced planning, environmental and engineering teams provide a multi-disciplinary service to our clients. Our teams identify and respond to issues, constraints and opportunities throughout the project development process.
OUR SERVICES
We provide planning and environmental input and coordination for projects in the electrical transmission and distribution sector:
- Route selection, feasibility and optioneering studies
- Preferred alignment and conceptual design
- Utility surveys
- Access & Construction planning and logistics
- Environmental surveys
- Environmental impact assessment
- Access & Construction environmental impact mitigation and management
- Detailed design for project delivery
- GIS & CAD Mapping
- Development Consent Orders for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
- Submission of planning applications
- Watching brief and ecological clerk of works
WHAT WE DELIVER
Technical planning & environmental input appropriate to project-specific needs and delivery requirements from initial desktop feasibility studies to site-based environmental management.
Technical expertise in town planning, landscape and visual assessment, ecology, archaeology, geology and geographic information systems (GIS).
Support and liaison with our in-house specialist engineering teams across the UK.
OUR COMMITMENT
Our dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced planning and environmental teams provide a balanced input to projects.
Planning, environmental and engineering constraints are evaluated across key disciplines at an early stage, with upfront client and stakeholder engagement.
This ensures that all issues, constraints and opportunities are considered effectively to ensure the most suitable option is proposed for development.
