Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 was brought into force in 2000 and describes the legislative regime under which local authorities are required to identify, ('determine') contaminated land and deal with any risks to human health or the environment that land presents.PPS23
Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) set out the Government’s core policies and principles on the most important aspects of land use planning. The policies in this statement and the advice in the accompanying Annexes (Annex 1: Pollution Control, Air and Water Quality; and Annex 2: Development on Land Affected by Contamination) should be taken into account by Regional Planning Bodies (RPBs) and Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in preparing Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) and Local Development Documents (LDDs) – referred to in this Statement as “development plans”. They are also material to decisions on individual planning applications.Where these policies are not reflected adequately in local development documents, or taken into account in relevant development control decisions, the First Secretary of State may use his powers of direction to seek changes to the documents or may intervene in the consideration of planning applications. This PPS and its associated annexes carry equal weight. A third Annex on Planning and Light Pollution will be prepared for public consultation in due course.Building Regulations Part C
Site preperation and resistance to contaminants and moisture Building Regulation part A structure 2004 edition, all this content is avaliable in part A. Many subjects are embraced by this part. These include the weather and water tightness of buildings, subsoil drainage, site preparation, and measures to deal with contaminated land, Radon, Methane, and all other site related hazardous and dangerous substances.Ciria 665
Assessing risks posed by hazardous ground gases to buildings With government policy encouraging redevelopment on brownfield sites, including those sites where there is a potential for the presence of elevated concentrations of potentially hazardous ground gases, the lack of clarity in the existing guidance has become more apparent. The resulting uncertainty is compounded by the lack of currency with respect to guidance on the methods of investigation, the adequacy of monitoring, the methods of risk assessment, and the selection of options for remediation. There is evidence that this current lack of clear and up-to-date guidance is leading to inappropriate, over- and under-conservative design, consequent resource inefficiencies and potentially unacceptable levels of risk.This book gives up-to-date advice on all these aspects. The guidance it contains consolidates good practice in investigation, the collection of relevant data and monitoring programmes in a risk-based approach to gas contaminated land. A step-wise approach to risk assessment is described. Two semi-quantitative methods are set out for the assessment of risk.
