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RESOLVED
 
That
the Executive approved the proposed Contaminated Land Strategy and
Cost Recovery and Hardship Policy as set out in Appendix A and
Appendix B to the report. 

 

 
Reason for Recommendation: The North Northamptonshire
Contaminated Land Strategy and Cost Recovery and Hardship Policy
are based on the strategy and policy documents previously adopted
by the former Borough and District councils across
Northamptonshire. The new documents have been produced in
collaboration with West Northamptonshire Council. The
responsibility for the inspection of contaminated land has
traditionally sat within Environmental Protection.
 
The
document has been the subject of both an internal and external
consultation process with comments invited on the document. The
comments and changes, where appropriate to the aims and objectives
of the document, have been incorporated into the
strategy.
 

Alternative Options Considered – The Executive could
decide not to update the strategy and policy, however statutory
guidance states that the local authority should keep their
contaminated strategy under periodic review and not doing so could
threaten the lawfulness of any enforcement action taken. The
Council would also fail to meet its statutory duty.