Data Suppliers

A selection of organisations who provide data within this report

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Ordnance Survey

Environment Agency

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

The Coal Authority

British Geological Survey

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Natural Resources Wales

Scottish Natural Heritage

Natural England

Public Health England

Ove Arup

Peter Brett Associates

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Contact Name and Address Contact Details

2 Environment Agency - National Customer Contact Telephone: 08708 506 506 Centre (NCCC) Email: [email protected] PO Box 544, Templeborough, Rotherham, S60 1BY

3 Warrington Borough Council - Environmental Health Telephone: 01925 444400 Department Fax: 01925 442024 Website: www.warrington.gov.uk Technical Services, Palmyra House, Palmyra Square North, North Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JN

4 British Geological Survey - Enquiry Service Telephone: 0115 936 3143 Fax: 0115 936 3276 British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Email: [email protected] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 5GG Website: www.bgs.ac.uk

5 Health and Safety Executive Website: www.hse.gov.uk 5S.2 Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS

6 Warrington Borough Council - Environmental and Telephone: 01925 442503 Regeneration Fax: 01925 442024 Website: www.warrington.gov.uk 2nd Floor, New Town House, Buttermarket Street, WARRINGTON, Cheshire, WA1 2NH

7 Landmark Information Group Limited Telephone: 0844 844 9952 Fax: 0844 844 9951 Imperium, Imperial Way, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0TD Email: [email protected] Website: www.landmarkinfo.co.uk

8 Cheshire Brine Subsidence Compensation Board Telephone: 0845 002 0562 Fax: 0845 111 8888 Sir Henry Doulton House, Forge Lane, Etruria, Stoke on Trent, Email: [email protected] Staffordshire, ST1 5BD Website: www.cheshirebrine.com

9 Warrington Borough Council Telephone: 01925 442140 Fax: 01925 442024 Town Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1UH Website: www.warrington.gov.uk

10 Macclesfield Borough Council (now part of Cheshire Telephone: 01625 500500 East Council) Fax: 01625 504779 Website: www.macclesfield.gov.uk Town Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1DP

11 Vale Royal Borough Council (now part of Cheshire Telephone: 01606 862862 West and Chester Council) Fax: 01606 862100 Website: www.valeroyal.gov.uk Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1AH

12 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Telephone: 0113 2613333 (DEFRA - formerly FRCA) Fax: 0113 230 0879 Government Buildings, Otley Road, Lawnswood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5QT

13 Macclesfield Borough Council (now part of Cheshire Telephone: 01625 500500 East Council) - Environmental Health Department Fax: 01625 504779 Website: www.macclesfield.gov.uk Town Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1DU

14 Cheshire County Council (now part of Cheshire East Telephone: 0300 123 5015 Council) - Environmental Planning Department Website: www.cheshire.gov.uk Backford Hall, Backford, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6EA

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Contact Name and Address Contact Details

15 Vale Royal Borough Council (now part of Cheshire Telephone: 01606 862862 West and Chester Council) - Environmental Health Fax: 01606 867885 Website: www.valeroyal.gov.uk Department Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1AH

- Public Health England - Radon Survey, Centre for Telephone: 01235 822622 Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards Fax: 01235 833891 Email: [email protected] Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RQ Website: www.ukradon.org

- Landmark Information Group Limited Telephone: 0844 844 9952 Fax: 0844 844 9951 Imperium, Imperial Way, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0TD Email: [email protected] Website: www.landmarkinfo.co.uk

Please note that the Environment Agency / Natural Resources Wales / SEPA have a charging policy in place for enquiries.

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Order Details Order Number: 62037305_1_1 Customer Ref: 107385 National Grid Reference: 365000, 383690 Slice: A Site Area (Ha): 1.01 Site Details Eddie Stobart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Langford Way, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4TQ

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Order Details Order Number: 62037305_1_1 Customer Ref: 107385 National Grid Reference: 365000, 383690 Slice: A Site Area (Ha): 1.01 Search Buffer (m): 1000 Site Details Eddie Stobart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Langford Way, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4TQ

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 2 of 4 For Borehole information please refer to the Borehole .csv file which accompanied this slice.

A copy of the BGS Borehole Ordering Form is available to download from the Support section of www.envirocheck.co.uk.

Borehole Map - Slice A

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 4 of 4 Estimated Soil Chemistry Arsenic - Slice A

Order Details Order Details: 62037305_1_1 Customer Ref: 107385 National Grid Reference: 365000, 383690 Slice: A Site Area (Ha): 1.01 Search Buffer (m): 1000 Site Details Eddie Stobart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Langford Way, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4TQ

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 1 of 5 Estimated Soil Chemistry Cadmium - Slice A

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 2 of 5 Estimated Soil Chemistry Chromium - Slice A

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 3 of 5 Estimated Soil Chemistry Lead - Slice A

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 4 of 5 Estimated Soil Chemistry Nickel - Slice A

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A Landmark Information Group Service v47.0 12-Nov-2014 Page 5 of 5 Index Map

For ease of identification, your site and buffer have been split into Slices, Segments and Quadrants. These are illustrated on the Index Map opposite and explained further below.

Slice Each slice represents a 1:10,000 plot area (2.7km x 2.7km) for your site and buffer. A large site and buffer may be made up of several slices (represented by a red outline), that are referenced by letters of the alphabet, starting from the bottom left corner of the slice "grid". This grid does not relate to National Grid lines but is designed to give best fit over the site and buffer.

Segment A segment represents a 1:2,500 plot area. Segments that have plot files associated with them are shown in dark green, others in light blue. These are numbered from the bottom left hand corner within each slice.

Quadrant A quadrant is a quarter of a segment. These are labelled as NW, NE, SW, SE and are referenced in the datasheet to allow features to be quickly located on plots. Therefore a feature that has a quadrant reference of A7NW will be in Slice A, Segment 7 and the NW Quadrant.

A selection of organisations who provide data within this report:

Envirocheck reports are compiled from 136 different sources of data. Prepared For Eddie Stobart

Client Details Mr A Warren, Fairhurst, 25 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP

Order Details Order Number: 62037305_1_1 Customer Ref: 107385 National Grid Reference: 365000, 383690 Site Area (Ha): 1.01 Search Buffer (m): 1000 Site Details Eddie Stobart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Langford Way, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4TQ

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APPENDIX D

Desk Study Enquiries & Supporting Information

Clare Barber

From: Clare Barber Sent: 12 November 2014 11:30 To: '[email protected]' Subject: 106385 - Search Enquiry for land at Eddie Stobbart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Appleton, Warrington Attachments: 14019_P01_LOCATION PLAN.pdf

To whom it may concern,

We are conducting an Environmental Risk Assessment for the above site, as identified on the enclosed location plans. The approximate National Grid Reference for the centre of the site is 364990, 383680. The address is land at Eddie Stobart Logistics, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Langford Way, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4TQ. A site plan is included, and the area subject to the ERA is outlined in blue.

In order to assist our study, please could you provide us with the following information if available:

1. Any known problems or information which may assist in our study. 2. Details of former uses of the site or immediate surrounding land, which may have resulted in contamination of the site. 3. Details of any landfilling, waste transfer stations or other landfilling operations on or within a 250 metre radius of the site, the types of waste handled and the current operational state of the facility. Any other information, which you may have relating to the site or immediate surrounding area would also be appreciated. 4. Details of any landfill gas monitoring results, gas protection methods and any surface or groundwater pollution incidents associated with landfills in the vicinity of the site. 5. Details of any records or complaints, notices etc. about contamination, pollution or nuisance relating to the site and its environs 6. The presence, and if available the type/location of, any petroleum tanks registered, either above or below ground. Any additional information about their status and content would also be greatly appreciated. We understand the petroleum officer may require to be consulted with regards to this. Fairhurst were involved in the construction of an above ground LPG tank a couple of years ago.

If, in response to any of the above, there is a large amount of detailed information, which would take a considerable amount of time to collate, please contact us to discuss the possibility of curtailing the search. On receipt of this request, please kindly inform us of the cost prior to processing our enquiry.

Kind Regards Clare

Clare Barber BSc (Hons) FGS Geotechnical & Environmental Engineer

Fairhurst Oak House, Reeds Crescent, Watford, WD24 4QP Tel: 00 (44) 1923 210460 Fax: 00 (44) 844 3814412 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.fairhurst.co.uk

Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.

Environmental Search Report

Site Address:

EDDIE STOBART LIMITED APPLETON THORN WARRINGTON CHESHIRE WA4 4TQ

Report Written For:

FAIRHURST OAK HOUSE REED CRESCENT WATFORD WD24 4QP

Professor Steven Broomhead Chief Executive

Peter Astley MBE Assistant Director Regulation & Public Protection

26 November 2014 New Town House Buttermarket Street Warrington Dear Clare Barber, WA1 2NH

Re: 175913: Environmental Search Request Site Name: Eddie Stobart Limited, Langford Way, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4TQ

Further to your request for information and the receipt of your cheque payment on 18 November 2014, I have set out below the relevant details.

 Site Area: 10299.00m2  Buffer Search Type: Polygon Buffer Search (Premises Only)

Potentially Contaminated Land (PCL):

Sites recorded within the database, captured wholly or partly by your search area have our reference numbers:

 CL0565: Former RAF Stretton; Petrol Storage; Electricity Sub-stations:

Site CL0565, previously farmland, was developed as RNAS Stretton airfield (‘HMS Blackcap’) in 1942 and operated for 16 years. The airfield included various runways, hangars, accommodation and maintenance sheds. A northern section of the site was developed as a trading estate during the late 1980s and further re-developed by Eddie Stobart in 2006.

Due to the historic land-uses at the site and anecdotal evidence showing the storage, repair, dismantling and breaking up of military aircraft at RAF Stretton, there is the potential for the wider former airfield site to be impacted by radiological contamination. A brief review of CL reporting held under CL0565 had shown that there had been no radiological risk assessments/investigations under planning for the wider former Airfield site (land north and south of the M56 Motorway) between 1999-2008.

A recent planning application for land in the southern portion of the former Airfield site (south of the M56 Motorway) has comprised radiological investigations, monitoring and risk assessments. These reports can be viewed at Council Offices by prior appointment.

Date: 26 November 2014 1 Site Name: EDDIE STOBART LIMITED, LANGFORD WAY

Part 2A Environmental Protection Act (1990):

The Council is currently implementing its Inspection Strategy for the identification of contaminated land, as defined within Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and has produced a database of potentially contaminated land. It does not constitute a register of contaminated land, but does serve to identify sites that may be contaminated due to previous or former land use.

All sites with a previous contaminative land use are recorded within the database, and assigned a level of priority for further detailed inspection/investigation; this prioritisation is based upon an assessment of risk to human health and/or the environment. The Council is unable to provide specific details on the level of priority assigned to a particular site due to the fact that the Inspection Strategy, as well as the database of potentially contaminated land, are currently being updated and are considered incomplete or a ‘work-in-progress’.

Whilst the Council cannot routinely discount any site or remove it from its database of potentially contaminated land, I can confirm that the area covered is not a current priority for investigation/inspection under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

The above details are provided from the internal records presently held by the Environmental Protection Section of the Council and are supplied to you for information purposes only. It should be noted that the information supplied does not represent a corporate search, and no responsibility can be accepted for its accuracy or completeness.

If you require any further information please contact me on the number below. I would also advise you to contact the Environment Agency on this matter as they may hold additional information.

A receipt for your payment was forwarded by post on 18 November 2014.

Yours sincerely,

James Warren-King Environmental Protection Officer (Land)

Please Contact: James Warren-King Direct Dial: 01925 442652 E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Date: 26 November 2014 2 Site Name: EDDIE STOBART LIMITED, LANGFORD WAY

2. Site Map

Legend Site:

Date: 26 November 2014 3 Site Name: EDDIE STOBART LIMITED, LANGFORD WAY

Clare Barber

From: Clare Barber Sent: 12 November 2014 11:46 To: '[email protected]' Subject: 106385 - Search Enquiry for land at Eddie Stobbart, Stretton Green Distribution Park, Appleton, Warrington Attachments: 14019_P01_LOCATION PLAN.pdf

To whom it may concern,

In order to assist our study, please could you provide us with the following information:

Groundwaters and Surface Waters

1. Location, description, zone and classification of any groundwaters or surface waters within the vicinity of the site. 2. Details of aquifers in the vicinity of the site and their vulnerability from the site or surface activities. 3. Details of water quality and sensitivity of any surface water bodies, which may be influenced by the site or activities on site. 4. Details of abstractions from ground and surface waters in the vicinity of the site or from waters, which may be influenced by the site or activities on the site. 5. Details of discharges into surface and groundwaters that may have an influence on the site or the quality of the river. 6. Details of any groundwater pumping carried out in the vicinity of the site. 7. Any known problems or other information which may assist in our study.

Waste Disposal/Contaminated Land

8. Details of former uses of the site or immediate surrounding land, which may have resulted in contamination of the site. 9. Details of any landfilling, waste transfer stations or other landfilling operations on or within a 250 metre radius of the site, the types of waste handled and the current operational state of the facility. Any other information, which you may have relating to the site or immediate surrounding area would also be appreciated. 10. Details of any landfill gas monitoring results, gas protection methods and any surface or groundwater pollution incidents associated with landfills in the vicinity of the site.

Pollution

11. Details of any records of complaints, notices etc. about contamination, pollution or nuisance relating to the site and its environs.

Kind Regards Clare

1 • Bathing waters Learn more about Bathing Waters maps and data. • River quality How do we assess the quality of rivers?

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further details or conformation on the information available at the above web addresses.

8. Details of former uses of the site or immediate surrounding land, which may have resulted in contamination of the site:

The Contaminated Land Team does not hold any records for the above site, however potential contamination may be present due to the commercial land use in the vicinity. We recommend that you contact the Local Authority Contaminated Land /Environmental Health Department, as they may hold records on land contamination relating to human health at the site.

I have attached our Standard Notice or licence which explains the permitted use of this information.

Please get in touch if you have any further queries or contact us within two months if you’d like us to review the information we have sent.

Yours sincerely Katie McAlinden Customers & Engagement Officer Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire

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2 REGIONAL UNEXPLODED BOMB RISK MANCHESTER

DENSITY OF BOMBS PER BOROUGH BOMB RISK MAP Borough High explosive Anti-personnel Incendiary Darwen Bolton 45 0 0 YORKSHIRE

Eccles 114 1 0

Manchester 712 18 7 LANCASHIRE Rochdale Middleton 37 0 0 Adlington Oldham 25 1 0 Bury Bolton Salford 406 29 16

Stretford 456 64 0 Wigan Chadderton Oldham Swinton & Pendlebury 92 2 0 Mossley Urmston 122 5 0 Eccles Ashton Under Lyne Worsley 32 2 0 Stalybridge

On average, 10% of high explosive and 50% of incendiary bombs failed to explode. St Helens Manchester

BOMB TONNAGE >1000 >500 Cheadle & Gatley Stockport OTHER WWII TARGETS >100 military >0 Altrincham unveri ed Warrington transport

utilities BOMB RISK Runcorn industry high docks moderate CHESHIRE ? other low

The information in this regional UXB risk map is derived from a number of sources and should be read in conjunction with the “Users’ Guide” (printed overleaf). Zetica cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information or data.

This map covers regions of coast with beaches, estuaries and alike. Further consideration of the bomb risk is required in these areas. The often inaccessible nature and changing ground conditions (e.g. movement of silt that may contain ordnance) means that historical bombing records for these areas are often poor or inaccurate and further assessment of the bomb risk may be required as part of a site specific study.

A four-step process

Risk assessment and Surface geophysical MAGCONE detects Detected UXBs can method statement from survey to allow shallow UXBs and obstructions be dealt with by our a qualified explosive groundwork. on piling layout to the EOC engineers and a ordnance clearance no-risk depth. Clearance Certificate (EOC) operative. issued for the site.

For more details on this and related services, telephone: +44 (0) 1993 886682 or visit our website: www.zetica.com BOMB MAP USERS’ GUIDE Sources of information and explanation of bomb risk

Why? When? Information on the regional risk remaining from Low risk What to do if… Unexploded bombs (UXB) still present a risk to Do not wait for the piling or drilling company UXBs in the UK Low-risk regions are those with a bombing …you have a site that has a potential UXB risk construction projects long after the end of the to be on site before thinking about UXB risk – Zetica has built the largest UXB database of its density of up to 10 bombs per 1000 acres. In the absence of current legislation requiring Second World War (WWII). UXBs often entered it will inevitably cause delays and higher costs. kind in the UK. It includes a unique digital library These areas are considered to have a you to address the risk from UXBs, your the ground unnoticed at high velocity and Request the regional bomb risk map from of bomb census data, and maps showing key significant but low UXB risk. In general, responsibilities under health and safety penetrated to a depth of several metres. Here Zetica as soon as a site is being considered, and strategic points and bombing densities from the further action to mitigate the risk is considered legislation and regulations such as construction they remain – vulnerable to disturbances from then use it to help you or your clients to decide First and Second World Wars. The main sources of prudent, although not essential. Care is design and management require that you construction work. Beyond the depth of shallow if an ordnance-risk desk study is required. information include records from central gov- required when assessing the risk for specific sites address all identified risks. The first stage is excavation work, the greatest risk is to piling, ernment (Public Records Office), the Ministry of where the risk may be higher because of local to request further advice from a professional drilling and probing crews. A piling rig could Where? Defence, and the German Luftwaffe. wartime activity. adviser such as Zetica, or to gain more site- Maps can be obtained for any county in repeatedly hit a UXBs with considerable force Using information from this database, Zetica has specific information by commissioning an England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland Other WWII targets before the crew realises an obstruction has been published maps of UXB risk on a regional, county ordnance-risk desk study. Then a strategy to – or for any London borough. They can help Other regions with the risk of UXBs are key impacted. It could then be up to 72 hours before and borough scale. The maps indicate relative deal with the risk can be established that is determine the areas that were most heavily strategic points as defined by the government the detonator activates. degrees of UXB risk based on available records tailored to your proposed work. bombed – but no part of the country should during WWII as representing potential enemy for bombing densities and known targeted areas Who? be considered 100% safe from UXB risk. Even targets. Where these exist outside areas mapped …you find a suspect item or require advice for regions within the UK. The risk is broken The responsibility for avoiding UXB risk usually remote rural areas can have a high risk if, for as high, moderate or low risk, a site-specific If during site works you find a suspect down into individual boroughs, towns or cities. lies with construction companies or house example, they were locations for decoy airfields assessment of the UXB risk may be required. (ordnance-related) item, it is very important The data are based on the historical boroughs builders particularly those who are redeveloping or beacons that were lit to fool enemy pilots that you do not touch or move it (even if it and are then overlaid onto the modern map. It is urban sites. In addition, project engineering into thinking they had located a burning city has already been moved by an excavator). If it important to note that more-detailed research or environmental consultants are expected that had been successfully hit by others in the is clearly ordnance related, then dial 999 and may be required for individual sites, particularly to advise their clients of a site’s history. Other raid. ask for the police. Ensure that the area around where proximity to a potential WWII target interested parties include those organisations the item is kept as clear as possible without means the local risk may be higher. whose employees are physically at most risk Relative UXB risk across UK placing yourself at risk. If you are unsure and from intrusive works, normally piling companies, High risk do not wish to cause undue alarm, or you just drillers or probing operators. Areas designated as high risk are those that require some advice, then you can call Zetica. We have experienced qualified UXB specialists How? How to use this regional map show a high density of bombing hits (50+ bombs per 1000 acres) and abundant potential WWII on hand who can offer support and advice UXB risk should be assessed for every site, but This map is designed to give you an indication targets. In high-risk regions, further action to during any site works. especially those in known heavily bombed of the potential risk from UXBs in your area. mitigate UXB risk is considered essential. More-detailed procedures should be areas or those situated near war-time strategic If you are conducting work that involves established in advance if you are in an area installations that were priority targets for excavation, piling or other disturbance of Moderate risk the ground, then you should use the map to where the risk of finding a UXB is shown to be enemy aircraft, for example, airfields. Zetica’s Moderate-risk regions are those that show a identify the category of risk for your site. significant (moderate to high). regional bomb risk map is therefore a first point bomb density of between 11 and 50 bombs of reference from which the relative, potential The risk boundaries are a guide, compiled per 1000 acres and that may contain Site-specific desktop studies abundance of UXBs can be judged. Consultants from data based on the political areas for which potential WWII targets. Action to Zetica is able to provide high-quality, then advise their clients that an ordnance-risk records are held; being just outside a high-risk mitigate the risk is considered site-specific UXB risk information for any desk study is required, which they may obtain area does not mean there is no essential, albeit more likely that a residential, industrial or commercial property from external sources. Construction companies UXB risk. You should use the map to assist in reduced scope of work is required in the UK. These desktop studies provide or house builders who assess their own risk your decision of whether to investigate the compared with that needed for details of the bombing density within an could choose to come direct to Zetica. UXB risk further. high-risk regions. area and for the site itself, in order to indicate the risks of UXBs still being present. A risk assessment is provided to facilitate informed decision making on whether any further risk mitigation measures are required.

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APPENDIX E

Principles of Environmental Risk Assessment The Environmental Protection Act 1990, Part II A Contaminated Land (Section 57 of the Environment Act 1995) and the Contaminated Land Regulations 2006 (and 2012 amendments) provide a basis on which to determine the risks and liabilities presented by a contaminated site. Contaminated Land is defined within Section 78A(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Part II A Contaminated Land (by commencement of Section 86 of The Water Act 2003 [Commencement Order No. 11] Order 2012) as: “Any land which appears to the local authority in whose area it is situated to be in such a condition, by reason of substances in, on or under the land that- (a) Significant harm is being caused or there is significant possibility of such harm being caused; or (b) Significant pollution of controlled waters is being caused, or there is a significant possibility of such pollution being caused.” Section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 requires that any site identified as being “contaminated” by the Local Authority will be registered by them and remediation will be required to render the site fit for use. The presence of contamination is not the sole factor for deciding whether a site is contaminated. Relevant parties should identify site-specific risks and provide objective, cost-effective methods to manage the contamination in a manner which satisfies the proposed end-use. A risk-based approach, which takes both technical and non-technical aspects into consideration when making decisions on contamination resulting from past, present or future human activities, is advocated. The assessment of environmental risks generally relies on the identification of three principal elements forming a ‘pollutant or contaminant linkage’: Source: the contaminant Pathway: the route through which the contaminant can migrate, and Receptor: all human, animal, plant, controlled water or property that may be adversely affected (harmed) by the contaminant In the absence of one of these elements, on a given site, there is no risk. Where all three elements are present, risk assessment is required to determine the significance of the harm or pollution that is being or may be caused. As outlined above, the terms of the Contaminated Land regime specify that remediation need only be implemented where a site is causing, or there is a significant possibility that it will cause, significant harm, or that pollution of controlled waters is being caused or there is a significant possibility of such pollution being caused. Development of contaminated land is usually addressed through the application of planning and development legislation and guidance (i.e. NPPF). The suitable for use approach is seen as the most appropriate basis to deal with contaminated land, taking account of environmental, social and economic objectives. The assessment is made in the context of the proposed land use.

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Risk Classification Matrix

Consequence Severe (Sv) Medium (Md) Mild (Mi) Minor (Mr)

High (Hi) Very high risk High Risk Moderate Risk Moderate/low risk

Likely (Li) High risk Moderate risk Moderate/low risk Low risk Low likelihood (Lw) Moderate risk Moderate/low risk Low risk Very low risk Unlikely (Ul) Moderate/low risk Low risk Very low risk Very low risk Probability After CIRIA Report C552, Contaminated Land Risk Assessment A Guide to Good Practice, 2001

Classification of Consequence Classification Definition Examples Severe Short-term (acute) risk to human health likely to High concentrations of cyanide on the result in “significant harm” as defined by the surface of an informal recreation area. Environment Protection Act 1990, Part IIA. Major spillage of contaminants from Short-term risk of pollution (note: Water site into controlled water. Explosion, Resources Act contains no scope for causing building collapse (can also considering significance of pollution) of equate to a short-term human health sensitive water resource. Catastrophic damage risk if buildings are occupied). to buildings/property. A short-term risk to a particular ecosystem or organisation forming part of such ecosystem (note: the definitions of ecological systems within the Draft Circular on Contaminated Land, DETR, 2000). Medium Chronic damage to Human Health (“significant Concentration of a contaminant from harm” as defined in DETR, 2000). Pollution of site exceeds the generic or site- sensitive water resources (note: Water specific assessment criteria. Resources Act contains no scope for Leaching of contaminants from a site considering significance of pollution). A to a major or minor aquifer. significant change in a particular ecosystem or Death of a species within a organism forming part of such ecosystem, designated nature reserve. Lesser (note: the definitions of ecological systems toxic and asphyxiate effects of carbon within Draft Circular on Contaminated Land, dioxide DETR, 2000). Mild Pollution of non-sensitive water resources. Pollution of non-classified Significant damage to crops, buildings, groundwater. Damage to building structures and services (“significant harm” as rendering it unsafe to occupy (e.g. defined in the Draft Circular on Contaminated foundation damage resulting in Land, DETR, 2000). Damage to sensitive instability). buildings/structures/services or the environment. Minor Harm, although not necessarily significant The presence of contaminants at such harm, which may result in a financial loss or concentrations that protective expenditure to resolve. Non-permanent health equipment is required during site effects to human health (easily prevented by works. The loss of plants in a means such as personal protective clothing, landscaping scheme. Discoloration of etc). Easily repairable effects of damage to concrete. buildings, structures and services.

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