DELIVERING THE EVIDENCE YOU NEED FOR A DCO
Success for your nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP)
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE DCO PROCESS
DM will partner with you during the six stages of the DCO process
- Pre-application
- Acceptance
- Pre-examination
- Examination
- Decision
- Post-decision
Working with our Land and Geomatics colleagues, DM offers a 'one-stop-shop' for your Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project
Major project services
- Programme Management
- Advice on consenting routes
- Review of Optioneering and Assessment of alternatives
- Consultation and stakeholder engagement
- National and Local Policy Accordance tables, Case for the Scheme (Planning Statement), Statement of Reasons, Funding Statements, Statements of Common Ground
- Post-consent Support: Discharge of requirements, compliance monitoring in the delivery phases and variation management
- Management of Consents Register for management of other consents and licences required
Environment impact assessment (EIA) services
- Programme Management
- Screening
- Scoping
- EIA coordination and management
- ES Technical and non-technical chapters
- Stakeholder management and engagement consents and licences required
Successful DCO delivery requires thorough planning, proactive collaboration, and transparent communication. At DM, we ensure legal compliance, community support and sustainable development.
Allison Pritchard, E&P Director
PLANNERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS + TECHNICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Strategic advisory
IDENTIFY & DELIVER
DM can provide strategic advice to identify and deliver the best route to securing consents for major infrastructure projects. Our team has extensive experience of the consenting process to support you in developing the project programme, identifying dependencies and mapping out potential risks from an early stage.
We can provide early-stage advice on whether your project meets thresholds as an NSIP and provide clear recommendations on how different routes to consent could be utilised to meet the project objectives.
DCO technical advisory/challenge
READINESS REVIEW
DM can provide senior level review of your DCO 'readiness' at different stages of the process.
We will undertake reviews of your programme and draft documents against required DCO deliverables.
Our audit can identify any gaps in your evidence base. Then, we will test the draft application against the relevant National Policy Statement (NPS) and legislation.
Integration as ONETEAM
As a leader in the Lands and Geomatics sectors, our Major Projects Team is able to draw on significant DCO experience in these areas.
As ONETEAM, DM will integrate Land, Geomatics, Planning and Stakeholder Engagement teams into the Design and Construction teams. This will reduce the interface risk and enhance project delivery. We can embed within your existing team or provide an integrated DCO Delivery team to deliver robust consents.