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Environmental Approvals and Planning

Securing environmental and planning approvals demands clear strategy and technical rigour. CDM Smith delivers integrated approvals and planning services—from feasibility through compliance—reducing risk and improving schedule certainty.

Streamlined Approvals & Planning Solutions for Project Success

Our focus is delivering streamlined approvals and planning solutions—combining technical expertise, regulatory insight, and collaborative strategies to achieve project success.

Integrated Approval & Compliance Services

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Environmental Impact Assessment 

We work without clients to make your project, and its activities meet or exceed regulatory requirements, minimizing negative environmental impacts and promoting long-term sustainability and social licenses to operate.

Constraints Mapping and Strategic Planning 

We prepare an approval strategy, including a detailed schedule, gap analysis, fatal flaw review, and recommend studies to provide project direction and schedule transparency. 