The assessments will involve desk studies and ecological field surveys, where appropriate, and will include an understanding of the environmental baseline, potential impacts from the works and the identification of mitigations and best practice measures which are intended to avoid, reduce and where possible remedy adverse impacts.The assessment of environmental effects is embedded into the design, planning and execution of schemes and throughout the assessment process, key stakeholders such as environmental statutory and non-statutory bodies, local authorities and members of the public are consulted, as appropriate, to inform the decision making and ensure legislative requirements are met. S6W...