Planning and Environmental

Green Cat Renewables specialises in providing the full range of technical expertise to successfully deliver renewable energy projects.

From small to large scale wind, solar PV and hydro, our team is dedicated to offering the full range of bespoke support services to economically deliver your project. Be it feasibility, planning consent, construction or operations, our Engineering, Geotechnical and Technical Services specialists provide invaluable input and advice through all phases of project development.

HANDS ON AND EXPERIENCED

Our multidisciplinary team adopt a hands-on and positive approach to design, manage and deliver a diverse variety of projects through to planning consent, from single turbine farm diversification projects to multi-MW wind farm applications. Since 2005, the team have delivered over 100 planning consents totalling 273MW (218MW Wind and 55MW Ground Mounted Solar).

COLLABORATIVE AND PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH

Our project managers have built up considerable experience working with planning authorities across Scotland and England. This in-depth knowledge of local planning policy and the established relationships with planning departments and officers has meant that almost 90% of our consented developments were able to be determined at a local level, the benefit of this to the project and client is that timescales and planning risk are both significantly reduced.

In addition the team have built up a wealth of experience dealing with statutory consultees including SNH, SEPA and Historic Scotland. Our broad understanding of planning requirements and long established relationships enable the team to quickly find effective solutions to manage planning risk. Green Cat Renewables specialises in providing the full range of technical expertise to successfully deliver renewable energy projects.

Capabilities
  • Project Management
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Project Risk Assessment
  • Detailed Design
  • Planning Policy Advice
  • EIA Co-ordination
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
  • Residential Visual Amenity Assessment (RVAS)
  • Noise Impact Assessment
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology including Peat Probing
  • Shadow Flicker
  • Socio-economic
  • Traffic and Transportation
  • Energy Balance
  • Public consultation and events
  • Post Submission Management
  • Planning Appeals
  • Planning Conditions Discharge