Professional Services

Planning and Development

Our planning experts deliver value through an integrated approach to

development. We help our clients to meet the challenges of

infrastructure planning and property development, drawing on our

teams of planners, masterplanners, transport planners, economists and

specialists in climate change, sustainability and cultural heritage. GLP

has a unique mix of skills that lend themselves to any scale of project

requiring multi-disciplinary input.

Environmental impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the process undertaken to

determine whether a proposed development may have potential effects

(positive or negative) on the environment, before any planning decisions

are made.

The EIA process plays an important role in project development, ensuring

that all environmental aspects are considered through a scoping process,

and any environmental constraints are identified at an early stage. The

developer can ask the competent authority for their opinion on what

information needs to be included in the EIA.

Sufficient data must be collected and collated to ensure any potential

effects are reported in a robust manner. A consultation exercise is

undertaken with statutory and non-statutory bodies to provide

environmental information relevant to the development. Any significant

effects identified from the proposed development

are considered in the EIA process and appropriate mitigation measures are

proposed to avoid, reduce and offset those impacts. The results of an EIA

are presented in an Environmental Statement (ES). The ES is submitted with

an application for planning permission.

GLP is fully conversant with all relevant legislative and statutory regulations,

which govern the EIA process across different sectors and countries. Our

depth and breadth of experience means that we are well placed to advise

and support clients through the entire EIA process.

Feasibility studies

Our feasibility studies are a crucial first step in obtaining the technical and

financial information required to assess your project’s viability, minimise

risk and enable our clients to make informed decisions in the most effective

manner. We provide a fully transparent service with feasibility studies

tailored to your needs and the size and scope of your project. As your

project or opportunity develops, from site selection to planning

applications, we offer the following feasibility services

Outline Feasibility studies including:

Initial assessment of site energy resource

Investigation of key technical, environmental and planning constraints

and opportunities

Construction of geographic information system (GIS) based constraint

maps where required

Identification and assessment of candidate technology (wind turbines,

PV modules, bioenergy etc.) and initial layout design

Initial financial modeling

Recommendations for progressing projects and, if so required

requirements for more detailed feasibility work

Detailed Feasibility studies:

Site visits

Detailed assessment of site energy resource

Detailed assessment of technical, environmental and planning

constraints

Consultation with potential stakeholders and planning/regulatory

authorities

Project design and layout optimisation

Detailed financial modelling

Planning and Environmental support:

Screening and scoping process

In-house capability and strategic partnerships for all elements of the EIA

process (if applicable)

Management of EIA process (if applicable)

Preparation and submission of planning documentation where required

ROC & FMS approval, FIT & Carbon Credit support through to full

accreditation

Working closely with the Environment Agency for permitting certification

(where appropriate)

Providing full management support for all ISO 14001 EMS accreditation

and associated 18001 Health and Safety and 9001 Quality standards.

Stakeholder mapping and engagement Media, political and legislative

monitoring and analysis

Construction Management

We take complete end-to-end ownership of the construction

management (CM) of your project if required, working in

partnership with you, to ensure your expectations on timescale and

quality are surpassed whilst maintaining budgets, we can provide

specific technical services to support your project management

team.

Personal contact and interaction are fundamental to our CM approach.

Our services begin during the project design phase and extend to

schedule and budget evaluations (including accuracy checks of cost

estimates and value engineering input). Our construction

management services are tailored to your project based on all relevant

factors including quantum and complexity, and backed by our ongoing

commitment to Total Quality Management. Construction

management services include the following:

Project management, owner’s engineer and independent engineer

services

Contract review and enforcement of conditions

Review of contractors’ design and documentation

On-site construction monitoring

Quality assurance inspections

Witnessing of key tests (on and off site, FAT )

Technical advice in the following areas:

Civil and structural engineering

Value engineering

Mechanical engineering

Electrical and control engineering

Built to specifications comparisons

Health, safety and environmental services

Project Design and Delivery

Our accurate, expert project design and development services take into

account a range of issues including environmental and social aspects such

as local planning policies, environmental impact and also technical,

engineering and economic considerations, land availability, grid

connection and ease of access, to minimise your risk of underperformance

and of technology failure. Throughout service delivery we work to maximise

the economic performance of your project. Our highly qualified and

experienced engineers, analysts and consultants will ensure your project is

designed to optimise the energy resource of your site at each and every

stage of design and development.

We provide the knowledge you need as a developer because we have

been there, we understand the issues of project development, cashflow,

technology acceptance, local policy and politic and work within the

constraints and opportunities to provide the right design, technology to

gain the most value from the waste assets presented.

Due Diligence services

We provide impartial, reliable and confidential assessments of

renewable projects for banks, private equity institutions and

developers across the globe. We understand the risks of investing in a

renewable energy project and appreciate your requirements for

reliable and bankable data predictions of annual energy yields,

accompanied by robust uncertainty assessments and risk mitigation

measures.

Where required we can provide due diligence services throughout the

project lifecycle to help optimise performance and increase return on

investment.