Contaminated Land
Contaminated Land
Additional Information on Notes for Applicants
NCONT2 and NCONT7 - The responsibility to properly address contaminated land issues, including safe development and secure occupancy, and irrespective of any involvement by this Authority, lies with the owner/developer of the site. The applicant/developer is requested to contact the Council’s Environmental Protection Unit (Tel: 0161 342 2691) as soon as is practicable should contamination be encountered during the development of the site. Historical searches undertaken by the Council as part of the planning process have identified a former potentially contaminative use (i.e. may be a former industrial use, an infilled feature such as a pond, etc.) that may effect the development site. You need to ensure that your builder and the Building Control Officer dealing with the development are aware of this so that appropriate precautions may be taken to protect the developer, the public, the environment and the proposed development from potential contamination issues. |
NCONT2 (now called NCONT7) is a note for applicant applied were contamination that may be encountered at a site during development would be better dealt with as a building control issue. This will usually relate to proposed extensions to residential and industrial property, were the existing property is situated on potentially contaminated land.