Scotland's EIA Conference 2025
Download the Slide Decks from the day or the Agenda
On the 2nd October 130 delegates attended the Scotland's EIA Conference 2025 in Edinburgh. The day focused on how to make our EIA practice more effective and lead to better outcomes with learnings from offshore EIA, an Principal Reporter's views on EIA's role in Appeals and lots more.
The 2025 Conference was sponsored by Brodies LLP, the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), Ramboll, RSK, Turley and WSP.
If your organisation is interested in sponsoring the 2026 edition of Scotland's EIA Conference then please do Get in Touch with our Founder Josh Fothergill.
Click the links below to download the slides presented on the 2nd October 2025:
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Opening: Victoria Ridyard and Emma Brown (WSP) - EIA Effectiveness - Learnings from Offshore Practice
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Workshop 1: Cultural Heritage: How do we achieve proportionality Turley led by Hannah Tweedie
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Workshop 2: EIA Caselaw - Lessons for Effective Practice Brodies LLP led by Neil Collar
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Workshop 3: Briefing on Guidelines on Streamlining EIA for Onshore Wind Farms Ramboll Peter Bruce and Alyssa Rodrigues
Link to the Scenario Worksheet used in the Workshop
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Closing: Chris Gorman (RSK) Geophysical Peat Surveying for more Effective EIA
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Closing: Craig McLaren (Improvement Service) National Planning Hub: Support for EIA
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Closing: Rufus Howard (ISEP) Impact Assessment - Update from ISEP's IA Network
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FothergillTC Chair Slides: Structure of the Day