POST CONSENT SUPPORT
IF IT WAS ONLY AS EASY AS GETTING CONSENT
Nevis Environmental has just finished assisting in the construction of the 66.7MW Berryburn wind farm in Morayshire, Scotland alongside its parent company Wind Prospect and client Statkraft UK.
FEATURE SPONSOR
SITE VALUE ENGINEERING It may also be appropriate to undertake value engineering of the site, evaluating the layout of roads and hardstandings or repositioning of turbines due to further wind analysis.
All require sign off by consenting authorities and incorporation into contracts with suppliers for BOP, Grid and Wind Turbines.
BERRYBURN – CASE STUDY Key preconstruction activities were carried out alongside the Wind Prospect project management team and undertook…:
The company’s involvement continues into the operational phase for the next 3 years from the initial call from Statkraft UK back in 2009 looking for support on the project after it was consented by Scottish Ministers.
CLIENT CONTACT
“My normal calls from clients follow one of two options,‘I have consent and need help to get it ready to construct it’, or ‘I am selling my project but they want all the consents in place before, what do I need to do?” Colin Aimers, General Manager, Nevis Environmental.
REALISATION
The company has found in the past 10 years, clients celebrate the success of planning consent and suddenly realise
the magnitude and depth of information needed to discharge planning conditions and seek permissions from other statutory bodies to achieve full consent.
DEMAND FOCUS
In recent years, more focus is placed on the detailed design of the permanent works and more accountable mitigation measures is demanded from councils and counsultees to ensure the development is not in breach of its consent.
Moreover the detailed design, permissions and supporting documents need to address issues found on the site following the consent including; considering the ground conditions, requirements of the grid operator and the final selected wind turbine.
• Planning consent for an offsite borrow pit • Discharge of 42 planning conditions • Preconstruction ecology surveys including... • Ornithology Surveys including extensive monitoring for Hen Harriers and Waders
• NVC survey of Groundwater dependant terrestrial ecosystem
• Mammal Surveys
• Modification of the site layout to avoid deep peat and extensive earthworks
• Modification of 9 of the wind turbine locations due to instability of the ground at consented locations
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