Entrust services

Entrust was recently chosen by the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation (a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, Lancaster University and Inventya) to develop an innovative technology to help de-risk the planning process for renewable energy developments across the UK, Ireland & EU. Entrust in partnership with Liverpool University (Planning, Environment and Marine Departments) are currently developing this innovative technology to encompass all aspects of the UK`s planning process, including economic, environmental and social considerations within a new sophisticated GIS. As part of this new technology, we offer a full GIS constraints mapping service to help choose the optimum location for wind, solar or other infrastructure developments across the UK & Ireland.

EU legislation has meant that Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Environmental Statements (ES) and scoping for EIA’s are now required for many forms of renewable energy developments. Entrust’s in house team of professional planners have recently been successful in having a number of EIA requests from councils overturned. Where EIA’s and ES are still required, we can project manage the entire EIA process and co-ordinate the team of external specialist partners if and when required by our clients. We have had much experience submitting ecological consideration reports and liasing with RSPB, Natural England, SNH, CCW and NPWS. We also work with an extensive network of ecological consultants nationwide to deal with ecological issues such as bird, bat, protected species, mammal - surveys, monitoring/management schemes and walk over studies.

We are experienced in all aspects of noise modelling, monitoring, prediction and assessment of wind energy developments. We have specialist software to take the expected noise measurement calculations from surrounding residential dwellings and other sensitive receptors and we will recommend that remedial action is taken if necessary so that this potential issue does not become a reason for refusing permission.We have also produced a number of cumulative noise studies for projects proposed together with existing and consented projects in an area to the satisfaction of planning authorities nationwide.