Hi all,
We have a fairly large gasworks site due to be developed with mixed
housing and commercial units. I have just been asked by one of the
planners if an EIA will be required, and i'm not 100% sure. The site is
significantly contaminated and is known to be impacting both groundwater
and soils.
Other than this contamination, i can't think of any other detrimental
effect on the environment that the development will bring. So I'm not
really sure whether this development qualifies for an EIA.
The site is within a fairly run down urban residential area, and is not
within any designated environmental area (SSSI, SPA etc) or a groundwater
SPZ.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated (perhaps you could direct me
to a good document on EIAs...),
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Newman
Contaminated Land Officer
Dover District Council
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