Jacobs
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Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd |
Telephone: 0118 963 5000 |
Other offices in: , Aylesbury, Bedford, Belfast, Birmingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, London, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Yorkshire, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton, Telford |
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Email: simon.witney@jacobs.com Website: www.jacobs.com |
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Jacobs
Jacobs is one of the leading technical and management consultancies operating in planning and development, environment, transport, water utilities, buildings and structures, defence and industry, and partnerships and outsourcing markets both in the UK and internationally. Our aim is to continue to deliver sustainable, profitable growth by leading our sector in the quality of service we provide to our clients. We will achieve this by focusing our attention on meeting the needs of our clients and by organising our activities around the strengths of our people best able to deliver.
Jacobs Planning and Development
Jacobs Planning and Development recognises that a sensitive as well as a professionally robust approach is essential in planning future development. Jacobs's experience and skills have helped many clients to achieve effective planning solutions to complex issues. Our methodology is based on partnership. By developing a sound understanding of our clients' needs we can ensure that our advice achieves the required objectives in the most environmentally sustainable manner. Clients include local authorities, regional and central government organisations and agencies, landowners, industrial and commercial companies, developers and local community groups.
Jacobs can assist with projects of any size. We have a full range of professional staff available at all stages of a project - from data collection and research through to strategy development, policy or project proposals to implementation, including planning appeals and inquiries. Our planners provide an integrated approach to sustainable development. We have a highly flexible and wide-ranging level of expertise, which can be applied to projects such as:
Statutory plans and strategies - preparation/commentary and objection;
Planning applications and development control;
Development plan compatibility assessment and reporting;
Site assessment and selection appraisal;
Environmental constraints analysis;
Environmental assessment and appraisal;
Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisals;
Sustainability appraisal and report preparation;
Regeneration programmes and development briefs;
Transport studies and assessments;
Specialist reports e.g. socio-economics, all aspects of impact assessment;
Minerals planning and development;
Waste planning and management;
Renewable energy strategy and development assessment;
Public consultation exercises; and
Political audit and public awareness assessment.
In addition, Jacobs can help with the planning application process, provide expert witness support for planning inquiries and prepare and monitor environmental action plans.
Our particular strength is our ability to call on other in-house environmental professionals including specialists in the following discipines: EIA and SEA , Permitting, Noise and Air, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Masterplanning; Heritage; Sustainability and Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Forensic Services and Health and Safety; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Rivers and Coastal and Hydraulic Modelling; Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, River Basin and Flood Management; Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Contaminated Land, Waste Management Tunnelling and Information Management. This substantial environmental resource is further underpinned by in-house architects, project managers, building engineers, structural and civil engineers, transport planners and engineers, graphics and CAD specialists, amongst others.
Environmental Assessment/Planning
Jacobs has extensive experience in coordinating and managing environmental assessments. With more than 350 in-house specialists, we can provide a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team able to meet the requirements at every stage of an environmental assessment - from scoping and feasibility through to report preparation.
Jacobs's specialist environmental planning professionals have extensive, up-to-date experience of helping clients to deal effectively with an expanding range of environmental issues. We base our approach on partnership - working with organisations to understand their needs and tailoring our solutions to meet them. Jacobs helps developers and our public sector clients to understand their legislative requirements and provides specialist environmental expertise throughout any project. This includes seeking screening opinions from planning authorities, undertaking scoping studies to determine the scope of the EIA or SEA, conducting specialist studies, carrying out full sustainability appraisals and consulting stakeholders.