Consulting Access Energy

If you are looking for help getting your wind turbine erected, we offer a range of services in-house in relation to wind turbine planning and development:

Site Identification and Preliminary Assessment of Potential Prospect

1. Initial desktop feasibility study including assessment of the following:

Windspeed.
Financial modelling and turbine selection.
National/ Local Statutory Planning designations, Ecology and impact on landscape.
Local authority planning policy guidelines.
Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAM) and Cultural Heritage.
Aviation and MOD (NATS, CAA, BAA)
Noise impact.
Ground conditions
Shadow flicker.
Local Access.
Local topography constraints
Nominal turbine location.
Grid connection.
Effect on communications.

Pre-Screening Process

2. Initial consultation with local planning authority.

3. Pre-screening letter sent out to planners for Scoping Opinion.

4. Consultation correspondence – CAA, NATS, MOD and NERL.

5. Site visits to micro-site turbine and further assessment of access and local topography.

Legals

6. Review of Title documents

7. Contract negotiation with Turbine Manufacturer

8. Option Agreement and Energy Supply Agreement

9. Arrange signing of necessary legal agreement

Submission of Planning Application

10. Coordinate all raster and vector maps

11. Noise assessment

12. AutoCAD drawing work – elevations, sections, site plans, block plans, foundation details

13. Meeting with planner

14. SNH data collated for ecology/wildlife report plus plan

15. Past map data collated for historical data plus plan

16. Site visit – photographs taken from approx. 15 locations and GPS noted & photomontage view plan produced for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)

17. Windfarmer ZTVs produced

18. SNH plan

19. Environmental statement

20. Cumulative turbine plan and wireframe

21. Planning submission

Submission of Grid Application

22. Prepare and submit application for grid connection

Project Management

23. Monitoring and project managing planning and grid applications.

Consultancy Services