We work with councils and state agencies across Western Australia. Our team understands procurement rules, policy settings, and approval pathways, and delivers practical environmental support from planning to construction and operations.
We work with councils and state agencies across Western Australia. Our team understands procurement rules, policy settings, and approval pathways, and delivers practical environmental support from planning to construction and operations.
Public projects face tight budgets, fixed grant milestones, and high community expectations. Common hurdles include clearing approvals, heritage interfaces, threatened species, and complex stakeholder engagement. We map the approvals pathway, align scope with policy and guidance, and prepare regulator ready submissions that reduce iterations. Your program stays on schedule and your record remains defensible.
We deliver approvals and referrals, flora and fauna surveys, environmental impact assessment, and construction environmental management plans. Our team provides council project environmental support on site with fauna pre clearance, erosion and sediment control, spill response, and audit ready daily records. We also prepare rehabilitation and revegetation plans, offsets, and environmental monitoring programs, supported by GIS mapping and clear reporting templates.
We know that trust is earned, not given. The best way to understand our commitment to quality is to hear directly from the people we have helped. Here’s what they have to say about working with us.
SW Environmental are a go-to team for environmental and ecological works – always a professional, reliable and pleasure to work with.
The team at SW Environmental has consistently provided expert guidance and reliable support for our environmental approvals making the process smooth and stress-free.
SW Environmental assisted us over the years with land developments. The team are very knowledgeable, approachable, and outcome-driven as well as being well priced. They deliver quality services and we look forward to working with them in the future.
We have worked with Shane and his team at SW Environmental on projects big and small for well over a decade. They have always provided professional advice and service on even the most sensitive and difficult of sites and situations. I couldn't recommend them more highly.
Shane and the SW Environmental team have a solid understanding of ecology in the South West Region and provide invaluable services on Black Cockatoo and Western Ringtail Possum, from baseline surveys to environmental impact assessment to fauna pre-clearance and relocation.
We have supported capital works and maintenance programs across the South West, including roads, community facilities, water and wastewater assets, depots, and open space upgrades. Our results include fewer requests for information, faster approvals, and documents that crews can actually use. With hundreds of projects delivered since 2006, we know how to balance policy, budget, and field reality.
Our specialists bring the insight, clarity, and reliability needed to deliver efficient, compliant, and stress-free project outcomes.
Senior consultants lead each project from start to finish. Each project is carefully overseen by a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) accredited with EIANZ.
We offer the expertise of a major firm, but with lower costs, and a level of personal engagement big corporates simply can’t match.
Local recognised expertise with over 100 years’ experience in the region within their respective fields.
Southwest WA is a biodiversity hotspot which creates unique challenges for projects. We are recognised regional experts surveying and managing black
cockatoos and Western Ringtail
Possums.
We are centrally located in the
southwest region and can mobilise teams quickly at a lower cost. Our authorised fauna spotting team have a specific license for urgent works no hold ups.
Our competitive pricing reflects our experience not quality. You get big-firm confidence without the big-firm price tag.
Senior consultants stay hands on from scoping to close out. Our local knowledge and lean overheads produce clear outcomes without delay or excess cost. We integrate with project managers, designers, and superintendents, and maintain open lines with regulators so decisions are timely and evidence based.
Call us for free preliminary advice on your likely approval pathways, timelines and costs.
Share your scope, drawings, and timelines and we will provide a prompt risk view, a recommended pathway, and a detailed quote with inclusions and timeframes. We then schedule surveys or submissions and keep you updated through approval and delivery.
Typical clearing permits and referrals take two to eight weeks once inputs are ready. Complex or multi agency submissions may take longer. We sequence surveys and drafting so approvals land before procurement and early works.
Many projects need environmental survey services WA such as flora and fauna assessments, habitat mapping, and constraints analysis. We scope level of effort to match risk and produce data that is defensible and useful for design.
We prepare construction environmental management plans that crews can follow, run pre starts, deliver fauna pre clearance, and implement erosion and sediment controls. Daily logs and photos support project environmental compliance WA and simplify audits.
Yes. We draft policy aligned frameworks, local guidelines, and project specific procedures. Our government environmental planning support ensures documents are practical for field implementation and consistent with state guidance.
We assess the change, confirm if a modification is required, and update reports or permits quickly. Clear documentation and direct liaison with regulators keep momentum while maintaining compliance.
Yes. We design monitoring programs with methods, trigger levels, and reporting templates. This keeps ongoing operations compliant and provides transparent results for council project environmental support.
We believe in a straightforward approach to every project. No jargon, no fluff, just practical, expert solutions designed to get you from point A to point B as efficiently as possible.
SW Environmental are a go-to team for environmental and ecological works – always a professional, reliable and pleasure to work with.
The team at SW Environmental has consistently provided expert guidance and reliable support for our environmental approvals making the process smooth and stress-free.
SW Environmental assisted us over the years with land developments. The team are very knowledgeable, approachable, and outcome-driven as well as being well priced. They deliver quality services and we look forward to working with them in the future.
We have worked with Shane and his team at SW Environmental on projects big and small for well over a decade. They have always provided professional advice and service on even the most sensitive and difficult of sites and situations. I couldn't recommend them more highly.
Shane and the SW Environmental team have a solid understanding of ecology in the South West Region and provide invaluable services on Black Cockatoo and Western Ringtail Possum, from baseline surveys to environmental impact assessment to fauna pre-clearance and relocation.
Main Roads (South West Region) has engaged Shane Priddle of SW environmental on several occasions over the past four years to undertake environmental assessments and fauna surveys as well as arrange for additional surveys by other consultants to supplement the assessment reports.
We have found that Shane communicates well, making appropriate inquiries to clarify issues, is helpfully suggestive and is responsive to feedback. He has shown that he is able to manage multiple projects to meet completion deadlines with quality reports for complex projects.
Shane has been engaged by NGH Environmental for a number of projects which I have managed. Shane has completed GIS mapping work and environmental impact assessment tasks. Shane has been an asset to the team due to his expertise in mapping combined with his impact assessment knowledge. I have found Shane’s work to be of a high quality and he has always been able to meet project deadlines. A couple of projects which Shane was involved in were complex, particularly the mapping due to numerous design changes and Shane’s background in ecology was invaluable. I would have no hesitation in recommending Shane to other clients.
Our group has found SW Environmental to be very professional. Shane has been very helpful in assisting us, and we have found his reports to be to be very thorough, delivered in a timely manner, and very good value for money. I am happy to recommend him for such projects.
On a project of this scale land access is one of the major hurdles for completing in a timely manner. Shane Priddle was in constant contact with Western Powers field officers discussing land access and the field officers were able to help sufficiently. What ensued was the timely delivery of a flora and fauna survey over a 300km long alignment.
The reports for the survey were of a high quality, specifically the maps that were produced were great and the GIS data was provided to Western Power is exactly what we were after.”
We were very pleased with the friendly, professional, honesty and cost effective services and will certainly engage SW Environmental for future services.