Australian Environmental Impact Statement

Australian Environmental Impact Statement Form Template

When planning development projects in Australia, environmental compliance isn't optional—it's a legal requirement that protects our unique ecosystems and ensures community voices are heard. Whether you're a property developer, mining company, infrastructure provider, or local council, submitting a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is a critical step in the approval process.

This Australian Environmental Impact Statement template has been designed to streamline the complex process of documenting environmental assessments, flora and fauna surveys, EPA compliance requirements, and community consultation records. Built specifically for Australian regulatory frameworks, this form helps you gather all the necessary information in one place, ensuring nothing is overlooked before submission to state and federal environmental protection authorities.

Why use Paperform for your Environmental Impact Statement?

Creating an Environmental Impact Statement traditionally involves mountains of paperwork, multiple stakeholders, and strict documentation requirements. Paperform transforms this process into a streamlined digital workflow that saves time, reduces errors, and keeps all your compliance documentation organised and accessible.

With Paperform's document-style editor, you can customise this template to match your specific project requirements—whether you're dealing with New South Wales EPA regulations, Queensland's Environmental Protection Act, Victoria's Planning and Environment Act, or other state-specific frameworks. The form can be adapted for everything from small-scale commercial developments to major infrastructure projects and mining operations.

Key features of this template include:

• Comprehensive project documentation that captures all required information including project proponents, site details, development scope, and regulatory context
• Detailed environmental baseline assessments covering soil, water, air quality, noise levels, and existing site conditions
• Flora and fauna survey documentation with specific fields for threatened species, habitat assessments, and ecological impact analysis
• Community consultation records that track stakeholder engagement, public submissions, and Indigenous heritage considerations
• EPA compliance checklist ensuring all regulatory requirements are addressed before submission
• File upload capabilities for supporting documents, survey reports, maps, photographs, and technical assessments

Perfect for environmental consultants and project managers

This template is ideal for environmental consulting firms, project managers, town planners, civil engineers, mining companies, property developers, and government agencies responsible for environmental compliance. Whether you're preparing documentation for:

• Commercial and residential developments
• Infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, utilities)
• Mining and resource extraction operations
• Industrial facilities and manufacturing sites
• Agricultural developments
• Renewable energy projects

...this form ensures you capture every detail required by Australian environmental legislation.

Automate your environmental compliance workflow with Stepper

Once your Environmental Impact Statement is submitted through Paperform, you can use Stepper (stepper.io) to automate what happens next. Set up workflows that automatically notify your environmental team, create task lists for follow-up actions, generate summary reports for stakeholders, or trigger notifications to regulatory authorities. You can even route submissions to different team members based on project type, location, or environmental risk level—ensuring the right experts review each assessment without manual sorting.

For firms managing multiple projects, Stepper can help maintain a central register of all environmental assessments, automatically track submission dates and approval deadlines, and send reminders for required monitoring reports or compliance updates.

Secure, compliant documentation you can trust

Environmental impact assessments contain sensitive information about project sites, ecological data, and commercial details that must be handled securely. Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant, ensuring your data is protected with enterprise-grade security. With customisable access controls, you can determine who can view, edit, or submit environmental assessments—essential when working with multiple consultants, contractors, and regulatory bodies.

All submissions are stored securely in Paperform's database with full audit trails, making it easy to retrieve historical assessments, track changes over time, and demonstrate compliance during regulatory reviews or legal proceedings.

Streamline stakeholder collaboration and reporting

One of the biggest challenges in preparing an EIS is coordinating input from multiple specialists—ecologists, hydrologists, archaeologists, noise consultants, and community liaison officers. With Paperform, you can share the form with different team members to complete relevant sections, attach their specialist reports, and provide their expert assessments—all within the same centralised document.

Integration with tools like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Airtable means supporting documentation can be automatically organised and filed, while integrations with Slack or email ensure your team is notified the moment a new assessment is submitted or updated.

Built for Australian environmental legislation

This template has been structured to align with the common requirements found across Australian state and federal environmental legislation, including considerations for:

• Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for matters of national environmental significance
• State-specific EPA requirements including NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, and NT frameworks
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage consultation and protection requirements
• Threatened species legislation and biodiversity offset requirements
• Water resource management and catchment protection obligations
• Air quality and noise standards prescribed by state authorities

While this template provides a comprehensive starting point, environmental requirements vary significantly between jurisdictions and project types. We recommend working with qualified environmental consultants and legal advisors to ensure your specific project meets all applicable requirements.

Trusted by environmental professionals across Australia

Paperform is trusted by over 500,000 teams worldwide to handle critical business processes with professionalism and security. Our SOC 2 Type II compliance, GDPR adherence, and Australian data residency options make us a trusted choice for organisations handling sensitive environmental and regulatory information.

Whether you're an environmental consulting firm managing dozens of assessments annually, a property developer navigating your first major EIS, or a government agency streamlining public project approvals, this template provides the structure and flexibility you need to gather complete, compliant environmental documentation efficiently.

Start with this template, customise it to match your specific regulatory requirements and project needs, and experience how digital forms can transform your environmental compliance process from paperwork headache to streamlined workflow.