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    Contaminated Land Cost Recovery Policy

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    07/09/2020 - Contaminated Land Cost Recovery Policy (00-17-51)

    Following consideration of a report of the Group Manager for Public Health and Regulatory Services reviewing the Contaminated Land Cost Recovery Policy, the Community Policy Development Group had made the following recommendation that: the revised Contaminated Land Cost Recovery Policy be adopted.

     

    The Cabinet Member for Community Well-Being outlined the contents of the report stating that minor amendments were incorporated into the revised policy which included the following:

     

    ·      Reformatting the policy in-line with current policy document templates and changing reference to the ‘local authority’ to ‘the Council’ where necessary for clarity.

     

    ·      Minor legislative updates (EU Exit regulations on Environmental Regulations in 2019 and repeal of Housing Act 1996 in England)

        

    ·      Pending changes to updated Environment Agency Guidance (Land contamination: risk management (LCRM – due to replace current model procedures called CLR11 in 2020)

     

    ·      Closure of the Defra Contaminated Land Capital Projects Programme in March 2017

     

    ·      The updated Housing Assistance Policy 2019-22 (availability of Healthy Homes Grants in addition to the on-going Wessex Home Improvement Loan product)

     

    ·      Cost recovery

     

    Consideration was given to:

     

    ·         The number of sites that had the potential to meet the definition of contaminated land

    ·         How many times had the council secured remediation

    ·         The financial implications for  the Council.

     

    RESOLVED that the recommendation of the Policy Development Group be approved.

     

     (Proposed by Cllr D J Knowles and seconded by Cllr C R Slade)

     

    Reason for Decision – there is a need for the Contaminated Land Cost Recovery Policy to be in place.

     

    Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.