Jason - thanks for sharing this.
What a poorly crafted question and answer!
The MP clearly is not aware of paras 120 and 121 of the NPPF and the PM seems not to be aware of the central role local authorities, and specifically their contaminated land officers, play in ensuring new development is safe and suitable for use, or words to that effect.
Paul
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Subject: PMQ: Planning guidance and contaminated land sites
Yesterday at PMQ, Conservative MP, Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) asked about planning guidance and contaminated land sites. Extract from Hansard:
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con)
Q9. Residents across Amber Valley are worried about proposals to build housing on land next to sites on which contaminated waste was tipped in the 1970s. Does the Prime Minister agree that planning guidance should be changed to make it clear that a thorough, competent assessment of the risks of contamination should be carried out before permission is given to build houses on such sites?
The Prime Minister:
I completely understand my hon. Friend’s concerns and have dealt with issues of contaminated land sites and development on them in my constituency in the past. We take local residents’ safety seriously in relation to contaminated land, and we ensure that the guidance is regularly updated. Developers are already required to ensure that they comply with a host of legal and regulatory safeguards before they build on contaminated land, and we also require that they work in conjunction with the Environment Agency and meet building regulations to ensure residents’ safety.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/june/prime-ministers-questions-20-june-2018/
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