Policy information sourced from the Broxbourne Local Plan

EQ6: Unstable Land

The Council will encourage the remediation of unstable land to ensure that land is brought back into effective use.

The Council will require evidence, in the form of a geotechnical report, as part of any application, to show that all unacceptable public health or environmental risks from land instability will be successfully addressed through remediation.

Development proposals will need to address, manage and mitigate, any adverse environmental impacts likely to arise during the remediation process and following the completion of development.

Should residential use be proposed, and the site concerned is unable to be satisfactorily remediated to a standard suitable for that use, the development will be refused.

Monitoring procedures to be undertaken prior, during and post remediation, and periodically for 5 years, and then again 10 years following the completion of the development, will be agreed with the applicant.

For more information please see the Local Plan