Environmental Approvals
Our teams have a thorough understanding of relevant environmental legislation and policy, enabling us to provide clients with the reliable and independent advice needed to ensure their obligations are met and environmental impacts are minimised.
What we do
We assist local governments with the formulation of policy and planning scheme guidelines for environmental management, which includes the development of overlay controls. Our clients also use our services for the development of municipal biodiversity strategies and plans that meet the needs of their local communities, as well as relevant legislation and policy.
Ecology Australia provides ecological assessments and activities to support a wide range of private and public projects, from early concept stages through to design, construction, post-construction, operational and decommissioning stages.
We undertake work for projects including but not limited to:
- Buildings and works
- Subdivisions
- Vegetation removal and earthworks
- Residential, industrial, commercial and public developments
- Linear infrastructure projects (e.g. roads, rail and pipelines)
- Renewable energy projects (e.g. wind and solar farms)
- Water, mining and other resource projects
- Recreational infrastructure (e.g. bike paths, reserves, playgrounds)
Our Environmental Approvals services include:
- Flora and fauna assessments
- Auditing and compliance monitoring
- Biodiversity strategies and planning
- Environmental management planning
- EPBC Act referrals
- Permit applications
- Native vegetation offsets
- Offset management plans
- Due diligence assessments
- Impact assessment and mitigation
- Environmental Effects Statements
- Expert evidence for VCAT and other legal proceedings
- Salvage and translocations
- Salvage and translocation of threatened species
- Conservation management plans