Approvals, Compliance
& Impact Assessment

Approvals, Compliance & Impact Assessment

Turning regulatory complexity into project confidence

From major infrastructure and industrial developments to operational compliance challenges, we provide strategic advice and practical support across the approval lifecycle. We help clients navigate complex regulatory frameworks and project requirements to secure approvals, demonstrate compliance, and assess environmental impacts with clarity and confidence.

Leveraging strong relationships with local, State, and Federal regulators, combined with deep industry knowledge and experience, we support clients to take a proactive and forward-looking approach to environmental management.

Our team works with clients to identify regulatory pathways, manage regulator engagement, coordinate impact assessments, and address compliance risks early, helping reduce delays, improve outcomes, and support informed project and operational decisions.

Key services

• State-based regulatory approvals – industrial facilities, waste management, infrastructure projects, pipelines, renewable energy, mining, and extractive industries
• Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) referrals, assessments, offsets, and audits
• Commonwealth Airports Act Major Development Plans (MDPs) and approvals
• Independent Environmental Audits (IEA)
• Environmental approvals strategic planning and regulator engagement support
• Secondary approvals advice, including commissioning plans and proof-of-performance monitoring

Compliance

• Construction and operational environmental management plans
• Management and monitoring program development
• NPI and NGERS reporting, including data collection and modelling
• Major hazard facility compliance support
• Industrial facility siting, buffer and adverse amenity advice
• Landfill and extractive industry rehabilitation and post-closure planning
• Landfill gas risk assessment and advice
• Landfill post-closure compliance/aftercare management
• Industrial water use and wastewater management
• Stormwater and surface water quality management
• Strategic industrial waste management advice, including circular economy, reuse, and permission triggers
• Hazardous waste management
• Industrial waste classification
• Chemical storage and handling advice
• Qualitative air quality, noise and odour impact assessment
• Commissioning and decommissioning advice

Impact assessments

• Coordination and management of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
• Strategic infrastructure planning and environmental advice
• Environmental strategies and master planning