Neil,
I believe there is a CLAN note that says generally speaking agricultural
land should not be considered as potentially contaminated unless you
have good reason that it could be e.g. pesticide use/storage, lead shot
from shooting scattered around a field.
Generally speaking we deal with such applications on a case by case
basis, if the application was situated on farm buildings we probably
would put a requirement on because there is a possibility the buildings
used for storage of fuels, fertilisers etc, if open fields probably not,
but maybe it is worth giving PPS23 a close read on this one to make sure
any policy you develop is in line with this.
Hope this helps
Michael Moore
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Neil
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Subject: Development on agricultural land
Hi everyone,
We are receiving an increasing number of planning applications for
conversion of farmland/steadings into residential developments with
gardens. None of these sites are being flagged up by our PartIIA
computer model as requiring further investigation, as clearly in their
current use they are unlikely to be causing any significant harm. Having
searched high and low (sort of!) I can't seem to find any guidance on
priority contaminants or working practice for such sites - possibly
because they vary so widely in nature.
My question is, do any of you have a defined policy for dealing with
such applications or are they dealt with on a case-by-case basis? I
wouldn't want to insist on site investigation for every bit of
agricultural land which is proposed for development, but then again I
wouldn't want to find a garden had been previously used for sheep
dipping!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Neil Brown
Contaminated Land Officer
West Lothian Council
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