# The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014, Paragraph 25: Contaminated land and contaminated groundwater

Extent: E+W

(1) No stage of the connection works shall commence until a written scheme to deal with the contamination of any land comprised in that stage, including groundwater, within the Order limits which is likely to cause significant harm to persons or pollution of controlled waters or the environment has, after consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme must include a desk study and assessment report, informed as necessary by an intrusive site investigation, prepared by a specialist consultant approved by the relevant planning authority, to identify the extent of any contamination within the Order limits and mitigation measures to be undertaken to limit impacts arising from the potential release of contaminants.
(3) Such remediation as may be identified in the approved scheme must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
(4) If during the construction of the connection works further contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further work shall be carried out on that part of the site until—
(a) a risk assessment has been carried out and the results of the risk assessment have been provided to the relevant planning authority; and
(b) such additional mitigation measures (if any) as may be identified by the risk assessment have been incorporated into the approved scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2950/schedule/1/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/walney-extension-offshore-wind-farm-order-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-25
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