Hi,
One of my MSc dissertation case study sites was an old inert landfill site.
Two national house builders developed the site and all building work ceased
for a couple of years (some of the new houses were occupied) when methane
was unexpectedly found during construction. I seem to remember the Local
Authority being were criticised by the Ombudsman / High Court.
My advice to your developer / applicant is that the problem potentially
becomes much worse if either methane is found during / after works are
completed (retro fitting is usually much more expensive) or suspected, when
/ if the property is re-sold (eg concerns about methane jeopardising a
sale).
If you would like a copy of the summary of the findings please let me know.
Nick Merriman
Studying for PhD @ University of Nottingham, UK
101 Hallow Road
Off Bramley Place
St John's
Worcester
WR2 6DF
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Hi all,
I have a site that has come through the planning process where the applicant
wants to build a new property approx 100m from an infilled chalk pit. The
applicant states the pit was infilled with inert clay material, however we
have
no way of knowing this for sure.
In order to give us more weight in our argument I was just wondering if
anyone
has any examples of where someone has said a pit or quarry has been infilled
with apparently inert material only for a site investigation to show that it
is
giving off elevated gas concentrations?
I have a feeling there was a part IIA site from a couple of years ago where
there was a similar situation??
Many thanks
Kevin
Kevin Beer
Contaminated Land Officer
Community Protection
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council
Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke, Hants, RG21 4AH
Tel: 01256 845520
Fax: 01256 845200
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