The Head of Environmental Sustainability submitted a report to request that Cabinet agree the adoption of the Land Quality Strategy 2025.

Cabinet is recommended:

1.    To approve the revised Land Quality Strategy for adoption.

2.    To continue to endorse the approved procedure for dealing with contaminated land by:

-       Using the development control regime wherever possible in order to assess and remediate land affected by contamination.

-       Where this is not possible we will utilise powers under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) in order to ensure contaminated land is remediated.

3.    Note that if works are required under Part 2a Of the Environmental Protection Act (1990), then this will be funded from contingencies and reserves.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. To approve the revised Land Quality Strategy for adoption.
2. To continue to endorse the approved procedure for dealing with contaminated land by:

-       Using the development control regime wherever possible in order to assess and remediate land affected by contamination.

-       Where this is not possible we will utilise powers under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) in order to ensure contaminated land is remediated.

3. Note that if works are required under Part 2a Of the Environmental Protection Act (1990), then this will be funded from contingencies and reserves.

The Head of Environmental Sustainability submitted a report to request that Cabinet agree the adoption of the Land Quality Strategy 2025.

Councillor Railton presented the report. She said that this was a statutory document that they had to review every five years. She outlined the differences to the strategy from five years prior and said that the changes were deemed so minor that it was not proposed for consultation.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. To approve the revised Land Quality Strategy for adoption.
2. To continue to endorse the approved procedure for dealing with contaminated land by:

-       Using the development control regime wherever possible in order to assess and remediate land affected by contamination.

-       Where this is not possible we will utilise powers under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) in order to ensure contaminated land is remediated.

3. Note that if works are required under Part 2a Of the Environmental Protection Act (1990), then this will be funded from contingencies and reserves.