• Erection of a Country Club and Hotel, Ripon Hall Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0
    In order to demonstrate that after the development the site could not be classified as ‘contaminated land’ under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act a Phase I desk study report was required to support the application for residential redevelopment of the site. A desk study determines what issues relating to historical contamination may affect […]
  • Erection of a Dwelling, Garstang Road, Barton, Preston, Lancashire, PR3
    Given the sensitive nature of the development (residential) and the history of the site a contaminated land planning condition was attached to the decision notice for the proposed development. The first stage of discharging the condition was to prepare a Phase I desk study report in order to determine if the site has the potential […]
  • Validation of the Installation of Gas Protection Measures, Curwen Street, Preston, PR1
    The contaminated land reports prepared by others prior to the commencement of the development concluded that gas protection measures were required to be installed in order to break the pollution linkages associated with the accumulation of ground gases in the proposed development. Demeter Environmental were commissioned to validate the installation of the gas protection measures […]
  • Residential Development, Steeple View, Preston, PR2 2PX
    A desk study report was prepared by others in February 2018 which proposed that further investigation and ground gas monitoring was required. Demeter Environmental Ltd were commissioned to undertake the further works,  given that the scope of works was not given in the desk study report the first stage was to reassess the information held […]