For comparison, the 2012 NPPF main wording wrt contamination:
109. The planning system should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by:
● preventing both new and existing development from contributing to or being put at unacceptable risk from, or being adversely affected by unacceptable levels of soil, air, water or noise pollution or land instability; and
● remediating and mitigating despoiled, degraded, derelict, contaminated and unstable land, where appropriate.
110. In preparing plans to meet development needs, the aim should be to minimise pollution and other adverse effects on the local and natural
environment. Plans should allocate land with the least environmental or amenity value, where consistent with other policies in this Framework.
120. To prevent unacceptable risks from pollution and land instability, planning policies and decisions should ensure that new development is appropriate for its location. The effects (including cumulative effects) of pollution on health, the natural environment or general amenity, and the potential sensitivity of the area or proposed development to adverse effects from pollution, should be taken into account. Where a site is affected by contamination or land stability issues, responsibility for securing a safe development rests with the developer and/or landowner.
121. Planning policies and decisions should also ensure that:
● the site is suitable for its new use taking account of ground conditions and land instability, including from natural hazards or former activities such as mining, pollution arising from previous uses and any proposals for mitigation including land remediation or impacts on the natural
environment arising from that remediation;
● after remediation, as a minimum, land should not be capable of being determined as contaminated land under Part IIA of the Environmental
Protection Act 1990; and
● adequate site investigation information, prepared by a competent person, is presented.
Chris Dainton
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