Environmental advice for development applications, planning requirements and approval-sensitive sites.
iEnvi assists developers, landowners, councils and institutional project teams where contaminated land, ecology, groundwater, fill quality or broader environmental constraints affect a development application, planning requirement, consent condition or approval pathway.
Typical matters
- Development applications, planning permit conditions and approval-stage contamination questions.
- Sites where ecology, fill quality, groundwater or asbestos issues affect consent or design decisions.
- Projects needing early strategic advice so the approval pathway stays realistic and defensible.
Scope of advice
- Planning-stage contaminated land and ecology advice aligned to the likely approval pathway.
- Preliminary scoping of PSI, DSI, remediation, management plans or supporting specialist studies.
- Clear advice on what regulators, councils, auditors or other stakeholders are likely to need next.
How we work
- Advice framed around approvals, programme and project feasibility rather than generic commentary.
- Useful where multiple environmental issues need to be coordinated in one planning strategy.
- Strong fit for developers, councils, education bodies and other large landowners progressing site change.
Where planning and approvals advice is usually needed.
These published project summaries provide practical examples of adjacent site issues and service delivery.
Housing Development Application, Sydney NSW
iEnvi completed a preliminary site investigation (PSI) and soil sampling for a Sydney property intended for residential redevelopment. A 253‑page technical report and site…
Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) for a Childcare Development Application — Western Sydney
iEnvi completed a rapid Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) to support a developer converting a post‑war residence to a childcare facility in Western Sydney. The…
Former Oyster Farm Investigation for Residential Development
Targeted soil assessment of a former oyster farm footprint identified low-risk PAH sources (asphalt fragments) rather than residual coal tar, resolving a data gap…
Further reading and related service pages.
Need advice on this issue?
Contact iEnvi on 13000 43 684 or email info@ienvi.com.au to discuss the site, timing and available information.
Reports councils and consent authorities can work with
Applicants name their consultant in the DA. Council officers need clear scope, NEPM-aligned methods and credible sign-off — not generic environmental language.
Council and consent authorities
PSI and DSI reports with defensible conceptual site models, clear recommendations and CEnvP review where policy or site risk requires it.
Applicants and planning consultants
Early scoping before lodgement so contamination, ecology and acid sulfate issues are not discovered after drawings are fixed.
Developers and acquirers
Investigation aligned to the approved land use and staging plan, with a path to audit or remediation if the site history demands it.