I'm also with Matt, Martin, Mike and Howard.
I'm interested in delivering safe development solutions, not ones that scrape through on the Human Health Cat 2/3 boundary (or even in Cat 3 for that matter). Who wants to buy a new house with a 'tolerable' level of risk.
NPPF S120/121: "Safe development", "prevent unacceptable risks", "suitable for use"' "as a minimum.....not Part IIA". It is pretty clear from this language what the NPPF is trying to achieve - and its not just ensuring the site is not Part IIA.
And it's really not that hard to deliver a new residential development that presents a minimal risk to human health. For sure lead, arsenic, BaP and vapour intrusion can sometimes be tricky, but there's always a way through: it's what makes being in this business so interesting.
Although responsibility of "securing a safe development rests with the developer and/or landowner.", it is the planning authority responsibility to use "Planning polices and decisions" to ensure that this is delivered by the developer/landowner.
I know 'judgement' is a dirty word (judgement = "should be taken into account", "taking account" and "appropriate for its location" in NPPF language), but sensible solutions and common sense always need to be applied; now where's that elephant.
Chris Dainton
Peak Environmental Solutions
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