Paragraph 14
United Kingdom
No part of the authorised development (with the exception of the highway works to the existing highways (the A5, the A449, Vicarage Road, Station Road and Station Drive) which are governed by Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 13 (protective provisions)) may be brought into use until either—
if no remediation measures or verification plan was required under requirement 13 (ground conditions – contamination risk) a statement from the undertaker, or their approved agent, must be provided to the local planning authority, stating that no previously unidentified contamination was discovered during the course of development; or
if remediation measures and verification plan were agreed under sub-paragraphs (2)(a) or (3) of F1requirement 13 (ground conditions – contaminated risk), verification measures must be undertaken in line with the agreed verification plan for any works outlined in the remedial measures and a report showing the findings of the verification (a “verification report”) must be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.
The verification report must—
contain a full description of the works undertaken in accordance with the agreed remedial measures and verification plan; and
demonstrate the effectiveness of the approved remedial measures.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 2 para. 14(1)(b) substituted (21.10.2020) by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Correction) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1163), arts. 1, 2(10)(d)