Erection Of A Dwelling, Baddiley Lane, Baddiley

In order to demonstrate that after the development the site could not be classified as ‘contaminated land’ under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act a Phase I desk study report was required to support the application for the erection of a dwelling.

A Phase I desk study report assess the potential for a site to be impacted by contamination, this is undertaken by researching the history of the site and the surrounds as well as a review of information held by regulatory bodies and a site visit.

The history of the site and surrounds were researched using a combination of Ordnance Survey (O.S.) maps, street level imagery and aerial plates, this revealed that the site had formed part of a garden.

Street level imagery confirmed the site formed part of the garden of the adjoining property.

The planning history of the site was reviewed as part of the desk based research and the reports associated with the  previous application were located and studied, no salient information was obtained

The published geological maps identified the site as being underlain by Devensian TIll which in turn were underlain by the Wilkesley Halite Member. As no publicly available boreholes for the areas were available from the BGS no further information ion ground conditions could be obtained.

Data provided by regulatory bodies did not provide any additional salient information.

On completion of the desk based research a site reconnaissance visit was undertaken, this confirmed the site formed part of the garden of the adjoining dwelling.

Once the walkover survey was completed a qualitative risk assessment was undertaken on the potential sources of contamination identified in the desk study report in order to determine if any warranted further investigation, this concluded that there were no credible sources of contamination and concluded that no further works were warranted.

The report was submitted to support the application, and as the report concluded that here were no credible sources of contamination the object was raised and planning granted.