Alistair Duncan Email & Phone Number

A Chartered Minerals & Environmental Surveyor with over 40 years operational and consultancy work experience. Particular areas of expertise include:• Negotiation of working rights agreements for minerals, waste, commercial development• Estates Management of mineral leases: collection and monitoring of rents, royalties, reviews • Mineral law – experienced in the areas of manorial customs and mineral law• Environment – is at the heart of all we do• Project management and coordination of professional services ranging from full Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) down to single small scale development proposals and including ecological and brownfield surveys• Minerals – silica sand, coal, clay, fireclay, shale sand & gravel, roadstone & construction aggregates, dimension stone, landward oil & gas, rocksalt, slate, celestite, lead, zinc, fluorspar• Mineral resource evaluation• Waste and recycling – inert waste and recycling for secondary aggregates• Planning applications for minerals, waste, housing, leisure and recreation• Registered Valuer (specialising in minerals and waste)• Expert witness – planning, minerals, • Renewable energy – wind, solar voltaic, air and ground source heat• Leisure & recreation development – eg following mineral extraction including canal side marina’s, holiday lodge parks, fishery and water sports facilitiesClients include: landowners, local authorities, mineral operators and other professional including solicitors and land agents.Projects include: • 18m tonne extension to silica sand quarry that included closure of a public highway to work the minerals beneath:• Largest (585 berths) new build inland marina located in South Derbyshire. The scheme included waterside retail, gastropub, offices and 18 holiday lodges.• Secured planning permission for a new canal side marina located in green belt in Staffordshire • A 30 unit holiday lodge development in Lincolnshire countryside.

Listed skills include Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Awareness, Minerals, Waste, and 30 others.