Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan
CC9 CONTAMINATED LAND
When development is proposed on or near a site that is known to be, or there is good reason to believe may be, contaminated, or where a sensitive use is proposed, an applicant should carry out a site assessment and submit a report of the findings in order to establish the nature and extent of the contamination.
Development will not be permitted unless practicable and effective measures are to be taken to treat, contain or control any contamination so as not to:
- expose the occupiers of the development and neighbouring land uses including, in the case of housing, the users of open spaces and gardens to unacceptable risk;
- threaten the structural integrity of any building built, or to be built, on or adjoining the site;
- lead to the contamination of any watercourse, water body or aquifer; and
- cause the contamination of adjoining land or allow such contamination to continue.
Any application will be assessed in relation to the suitability of the proposed use for the conditions on that site. Any permission for development will require that the measures to assess and abate any risks to human health or the wider environment agreed with the authority must be completed as the first step in the carrying out of the development.
For more information please see the Local Plan