South Cambridgeshire District Council Contaminated Land Strategy July 2001 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 2. Background ................................................................................................................. 2 3. Corporate Objectives of South Cambridgeshire District Council ................................. 3 4. Regulatory Context ..................................................................................................... 4 4.1 Contaminated Land regime ......................................................................................... 4 4.2 Other Enforcement Regimes ....................................................................................... 4 4.2.1 Planning and Development Control ........................................................................ 4 4.2.2 Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) ..... 5 4.2.3 Waste Management Licensing ................................................................................ 5 4.2.4 Statutory Nuisance .................................................................................................. 5 4.2.5 Water Resources Act 1991 ..................................................................................... 5 4.2.6 Radioactivity ........................................................................................................... 6 4.2.7 Food Safety ............................................................................................................ 6 4.2.8 Health and Safety ................................................................................................... 7 4.2.9 Landfill Tax ............................................................................................................. 7 4.2.10 Major Accident Hazards .......................................................................................... 7 4.3 Definition of Contaminated Land ................................................................................. 8 4.4 Principles of Pollutant Linkage .................................................................................... 8 4.5 Principles of Risk Assessment .................................................................................. 10 5. Roles And Responsibilities ........................................................................................ 11 5.1 The Role of South Cambridgeshire District Council .................................................. 11 5.2 The Role of the Environment Agency ........................................................................ 12 5.3 Special Sites ............................................................................................................. 12 6. Development of the Strategy ..................................................................................... 14 6.1 Statutory Requirements ............................................................................................ 14 6.2. Strategy Production ................................................................................................... 14 7. Characteristics of South Cambridgeshire District Council Area................................. 15 7.1 Geographical location ............................................................................................... 15 7.2 Description and history of the area ............................................................................ 15 7.3 Details of South Cambridgeshire’s Ownership of Land and Property ........................ 17 7.4 Geology of South Cambridgeshire ............................................................................ 18 7.5 Areas of Naturally Metal Enriched Soils .................................................................... 19 7.6 Hydrogeology of South Cambridgeshire ................................................................... 19 Table 1:Summary of Geology and Hydrogeology in South Cambridgeshire ...................... 20 7.7 Water Resources ...................................................................................................... 22 ii 7.8 Protected Locations .................................................................................................. 22 7.9 Current Land Use Characteristics ............................................................................. 24 7.10 Known information on contaminated land ................................................................. 24 8. Aims and Objectives ................................................................................................. 25 9. Priority Actions and Timescales ................................................................................ 26 9.1 Site Prioritisation Methodology .................................................................................. 26 9.2 Definition of Contaminant Source, Pathway and Receptor Data ............................... 27 9.3 Priorities for Inspection .............................................................................................. 28 10 Determining Liabilities and Securing Remediation .................................................... 31 10.1 Remediation .............................................................................................................. 32 10.2 Voluntary Remediation .............................................................................................. 32 10.3 Remediation Notices ................................................................................................. 33 11. Liaison and Communication ...................................................................................... 34 11.1 Statutory Consultees ................................................................................................. 34 11.2 Non-statutory Consultees .......................................................................................... 35 11.3 Communicating with owners, occupiers and other interested parties ........................ 35 11.4 Powers of Entry ......................................................................................................... 36 11.5 Enforcement action ................................................................................................... 36 11.6 Risk communication .................................................................................................. 36 11.7 The Public Register ................................................................................................... 37 11.8 Key Contacts within the Council ................................................................................ 38 11.9 Provision of information to the Environment Agency ................................................. 38 12. Information Management .......................................................................................... 39 13. Review Mechanisms ................................................................................................. 40 13.1 Triggers for undertaking inspection ........................................................................... 40 13.2 Triggers for reviewing inspection decisions ............................................................... 40 13.3 Reviewing the strategy .............................................................................................. 40 Appendix 1 ......................................................................................................................... 41 Categories of Significant Harm .......................................................................................... 41 Appendix 2 ......................................................................................................................... 46 Summary of the Property Assets of South Cambridgeshire District Council ...................... 46 Recreation Grounds .......................................................................................................... 48 Appendix 3 ......................................................................................................................... 49 Rivers and Private Water Supplies .................................................................................... 49 Appendix 4 ......................................................................................................................... 50 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Cambridgeshire ............................................. 50 Appendix 5 ......................................................................................................................... 52 Parkland including Listed Buildings in South Cambridgeshire ........................................... 52 iii Appendix 6 ......................................................................................................................... 53 Department of Environment Industry Profiles .................................................................... 53 Appendix 7 ......................................................................................................................... 55 Liabilities, Exclusions and Cost Apportionment ................................................................. 55 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 55 Appendix 8 ........................................................................................................................