Contaminated land assessment

When is one required?

Applications proposing development on sites which may be contaminated due to past or current use.

Applications proposing the redevelopment of industrial and manufacturing sites and petrol filling stations (and similar).

What must it include?

The submission must provide us with the baseline information needed to begin our assessment of the application against Policy SD14 (Health and Environmental Quality) of the Joint Core Strategy. A Phase 1 Preliminary Risk Assessment will need to be submitted. 

Please note that further information and assessment is likely to be required (post-validation) in the event that the Phase 1 assessment identifies potential unacceptable risk or areas of concern. The assessment will need to comply with the Code of Practice for Land Contamination of Potentially Contaminated Land - BS10175.