Policy information sourced from the Central Befordshire Local Plan

CC8: Pollution and Land Instability

All proposals for new development must have regard to current national guidance as well as the Council’s Design Guide, Contaminated Land Strategy, Air Quality and Emissions Planning Guidance and Air Quality Action Plans in terms of pollution and land instability. Pollution includes matters in relation to noise, waste management, litter, pests, vibration, odour, surface and ground waters, light, tranquillity, soil, contaminated land and airborne pollution.

Development proposals which are likely to cause pollution or land instability, or are likely to be exposed to potential unacceptable levels of pollution or land instability will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated that:

  1. In or near an AQMA, development would not have a negative impact on the local air quality and that;
  2. Measures can be implemented to minimise the impacts of pollution and land instability to an acceptable level without compromising the quality of life for users and occupiers, which protects health, natural and historic environment, water quality, property, infrastructure and amenity; and
  3. The conditions of the site can be suitably mitigated or land can be remediated for the proposed end use and cause no adverse effects.

Where necessary the Council will use planning conditions and/or legal agreements to help limit the impact of pollution.

For more information, please visit the Central Befordshire Local Plan