- Client: Dumbarnie Links Golf Course
- Location: Fife
Dumbarnie Golf Links Limited is seeking consent to construct and operate an 18-hole links golf course with clubhouse, at a site along the Fife coastline. The site is roughly 165 hectares in size and is located 1.4km south east of Upper Largo and Lower Largo
The site is north of the international and national conservation designated Firth of Forth Special Protection Area (SPA), a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and Dumbarnie Links Nature Reserve Scottish Wildlife Trust Site.
Due to the size of the project, and its location, the project required an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to be carried out under the new 2017 EIA regulations.
Our Role:
- EIA scoping and chapter co-ordination
- Landscape and visual assessment
- Geology and soils assessment
- Hydrology assessment
- Transport access assessment
ITPEnergised acted as the environmental advisor for the project and submitted a comprehensive EIA Report to Fife Council. The report provided a range of environmental information for Fife Council and its consultees to inform the process of determining the application for planning permission to construct and operate the Proposed Development.
The EIA Report was submitted in November 2017 in support of the planning application. ITPEnergised was responsible for authoring a number of the introductory and technical chapters including Landscape and Visual, Geology and Soils, Hydrology, Transport, and the overall coordination of the EIA Report. We worked closely with the planning consultant (PPCA) and renowned golf course architect, Clive Clark Design, and the wider design team to provide a comprehensive submission within a challenging timeframe, driven by an aspiration to begin course construction in spring 2018
Outcome:
Planning application was granted by Fife Council in 2018, and the course opened in 2020.
Download the Dumbarnie Links Golf Course EIA case study here.
