Development and Contaminated Land
For further information regarding development
and contaminated land please visit Planning constraints – contaminated land.
Planning guidance states that on a
precautionary basis any development site that is on or adjacent to
previous industrial use and also for all sensitive end uses e.g.
housing, schools, hospitals and children’s play areas. The
possibility of contamination should be assumed when considering
development plans and individual planning applications.
Some sensitive end use applications now
require certain information to be submitted with the application.
For details of these applications and what information should be
submitted for them please visit the Validation Checklist area of the website for
Development Management. Other applications may be on land
which could be affected by historical contamination which could
pose a constraint to redevelopment due to harmful effects on
peoples health and the environment.
If your development requires some information
to be submitted up front, you are advised to contact this section
to discuss the exact requirements. If the development is one
listed below you are not aware of any historical issues then you
may be able to simply complete one of the questionnaires which will
suffice. If the area has been subject to potentially
contaminative activities then a full desk study is likely to be
required.
The Local Planning Department will consult
with the Contaminated Land Officer on all other applications and
where it is deemed necessary a Contaminated Land Condition will be
put on the application.
Both the validation checklist and the
contaminated land condition have a staged approach to the
investigation and remediation of the land. The first stage will ask
for a desk top study and if this shows further investigation is
required then an intrusive investigation will need to be undertaken
and all remediation works will need to be validated by a suitably
qualified engineer before the condition will be discharged.
Cheshire East Council has produced a brief guidance document (PDF, 343KB) to
aid developers through the development process. If you have any
queries please do not hesitate to contact the Contaminated Land
Team if you require any advice on the process.
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