Buro Happold Environment assists clients by identifying the relevant policies and plans at local, regional, national and international levels that guide or impact their projects. Our involvement at the early stages of project planning enables us to identify major opportunities or constraints to development and prepare strategies for managing them.
We can also clearly outline the planning process for clients, helping them to understand the legislative and regulatory requirements, the timing necessary to prepare adequate planning submissions and the information that will be required to facilitate approval.
Our environmental planning team also supports public sector clients in understanding how to implement new legislation. For example, we have assisted regional authorities to address the requirements specified by the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive in relation to their own plans and programmes.
The rapidly changing and expanding policy arena surrounding sustainable development presents a number of challenges for clients. Our environment group provides specialist advice to clients regarding the way in which sustainability policies and strategies may improve their designs and, ultimately, the final development.
