Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance
LC4 Contaminated Land Assessment
Where land affected by contamination is known or suspected at all or part of a site or where the proposed use may be particularly sensitive to contamination, an appropriate contamination assessment will need to be submitted with the application to enable the council to determine whether the proposed development can proceed. This assessment should be carried out by a suitably qualified competent person and include, as a minimum, the following:
- Phase 1: a Preliminary Risk Assessment Report - to include a desk study, site reconnaissance (walk-over), and conceptual site model.
- Phase 2: a Site Investigation Scheme - to show how the risks identified in the Preliminary Risk Assessment are to be investigated.
- Phase 3: a Site Investigation Report - targeting unacceptable risks identified in the preliminary risk assessment including a risk assessment of the investigation’s findings and a revised conceptual site model.
- Phase 4: a Remediation Strategy - to effectively deal with any existing or new unacceptable risks identified in the revised conceptual site model.
- Phase 5: a Verification Report - to show that the measures proposed in Phase 4 have been successfully implemented.
- Phase 6: Monitoring Report - occasionally, long term monitoring is required to continue post development.
For more information please see the Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance