• Erection of a Dwelling, North Road, Yate, South Gloucestershire, BS37
    Given the proximity of the site to Yate Colliery 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 to be impacted by elevated […]
  • Residential Development, Siston Common, Siston, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS30
    Due to the site being within a ‘Development High Risk Area’ the Coal Authority raised an object to the application until the applicant had submitted a Coal Mining Risk Assessment (CMRA). The aim of a CMRA is to identify any coal mining legacy risks and set out a proposed mitigation strategy to demonstrate to the […]
  • Conversion of Farm Buildings to Dwellings, Pucklechurch Road, Hinton, Chippenham
      As part of the application the contaminated land team were consulted on the application and the potential for the site to pose a risk to human health, as the site had been used for agricultural purposes and the potential for this to have given rise to contamination the Environmental Protection Officer attached a contaminated […]
  • Residential Development, Bristol Road, Iron Acton ,South Gloucestershire, BS37
    As part of the application the contaminated land team were consulted on the application and the potential for the site to pose a risk to human health, as there is a historical industrial use for the site and the sensitivity of the development a contaminated land planning condition was attached to the decision notice. The […]