Issue - meetings

To brief Cabinet on the Council’s requirements to have a Contaminated Land Strategy, along with providing the proposed updated strategy for approval.

Purpose of report

To brief Cabinet on the Council’s requirements to have a Contaminated Land Strategy, along with providing the proposed updated strategy for approval.

Decision

Cabinet:

1. Approved the revised Contaminated Land Strategy 2024 for adoption and implementation as contained in Appendix 1 with the inclusion of the suggested amendments contained in section 6 of the report.

2. Approved that any future minor amendments to the Contaminated Land Strategy 2024 were made with the approval of the Head of Service – Public Protection, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for People and Communities.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Consideration was given to not updating the existing Contaminated Land Strategy.

Consideration was also given to approving the revised Contaminated Land Strategy 2024 in Appendix 1 without the recommendations in Section 6 of the report.

Reasons for decision

The revised Contaminated Land Strategy 2024 ensured that the Council had an up to date and clear approach to dealing with potentially contaminated sites within the South Kesteven district.

Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 gave South Kesteven District Council regulatory duties and powers related to contaminated land. Provisions of part 2a came into force on 1 April 2000. The Council had a published contaminated land strategy since 2001, with the latest revision in 2010. The Strategy set out how the Council would identify contaminated land.

There were currently no known contaminated land sites in the district. Two sites identified previous had been remediated.

There had been no changes to relevant legislation and the approach of the Council had not changed. A consultation had taken place which had received a low number of responses; none of these respondents disagreed with the content of the new Strategy. The consultation had been available on the front page of the council’s website. Furthermore, consultation information had been sent to various stakeholders including parish councils, the Environment Agency and Lincolnshire County Council.