Environmental Impact Assessment
Cascade Consulting specialises in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which forms a core part of our work. Cascade has a significant track record in the environmental assessment of a range of complex multi-disciplinary projects.
Our project portfolio reflects our core expertise, which lies in EIA project management and other specialised technical disciplines including hydrology, geomorphology, water quality and ecology. We are involved with all stages of the EIA process from pre-application consultations and preparation of Environmental Statements, through Public Inquiry if required, to post-application support on the discharge of planning conditions and implementation of Environmental Management Plans.
We undertake EIAs in both the private and public sectors including:
Our project portfolio reflects our core expertise, which lies in EIA project management and other specialised technical disciplines including hydrology, geomorphology, water quality and ecology. We are involved with all stages of the EIA process from pre-application consultations and preparation of Environmental Statements, through Public Inquiry if required, to post-application support on the discharge of planning conditions and implementation of Environmental Management Plans.
We undertake EIAs in both the private and public sectors including:
- Coastal development (marines and windfarms)
- Residential, mixed use and commercial development
- Water industry development (water and wastewater infrastructure)
What we do
We have core skills in the following EIA disciplines:
We have core skills in the following EIA disciplines:
- Air quality and odour
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
- Community/Socio-economics
- Energy use and climate change
- Geology and contaminated land
- Health impact assessment
- Hydrology and Flood Risk Assessment
- Landscape and visual amenity
- Noise and vibration
- Planning and consultation
- Transport
- Waste management
What we can do for you
Our EIA services include:
Our EIA services include:
- Baseline surveys and impact assessment
- EIA management and co-ordination
- Environmental Management Plans
- Environmental Statements
- Integrated mitigation and compensation programmes
- Public inquiries and expert witness
- Screening and scoping studies
- Stakeholder and community involvement
- Strategic option appraisals (needs case and alternatives)
- Sustainability Appraisals
Contact us
To see how we have helped others on specific EIA projects, please view the links on the left.
To see how we have helped others on specific EIA projects, please view the links on the left.
Should you require further information on our technical expertise in EIA, or advice on your specific project needs, please contact us.

