Previously Developed Land: Industrial Activities and Contamination, Second Edition

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Biographies......Page 15
Part A Issues Influencing Redevelopment and Value......Page 18
1.1 Introduction......Page 20
1.2 Overview of government policy on sustainable development and previously developed land (PDL)......Page 27
1.3 Development agencies......Page 29
1.4 Other organisations......Page 35
1.5 Environmental Protection Act 1990, Part IIA......Page 37
1.6 Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment (CLEA)......Page 41
1.7 Summary......Page 51
Checklist......Page 52
2.1 Introduction......Page 53
2.2 Recent and current research......Page 56
2.3 Valuation of ‘non-investment’ properties......Page 62
2.4 Stigma and the effects of ‘time’ and ‘information’......Page 65
2.5 Summary......Page 72
Checklist......Page 73
3.2 Fear of the unknown......Page 74
3.3 Regulatory controls......Page 79
3.4 Delays and increased costs......Page 85
3.5 Stigma......Page 89
3.6 Overcoming the barriers......Page 91
Checklist......Page 92
4.2 Information on land condition......Page 93
4.3 The Land Condition Record (LCR)......Page 96
4.4 The Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC) Registration scheme......Page 104
4.5 Conclusions......Page 107
Checklist......Page 108
5.1 Introduction......Page 109
5.2 Relevant laws......Page 110
5.3 Economic and fiscal instruments......Page 115
5.4 Energy and climate change......Page 119
5.5 Corporate governance and financial reporting......Page 120
Checklist......Page 121
6.1 Introduction......Page 122
6.2 The component elements of the British planning system......Page 123
6.3 The passage of time......Page 125
6.4 The Government’s case for modernising the British planning system......Page 132
6.5 The Government’s system – change proposals......Page 133
6.6 Changing the culture of planning......Page 135
6.7 The challenge of change......Page 137
Checklist......Page 140
7.1 Introduction......Page 141
7.2 GIS and previously developed land......Page 143
7.3 Using a GIS database to assist in the redevelopment of PDL......Page 151
7.4 Other historical datasets and maps......Page 153
7.5 Current sources......Page 155
7.6 Conclusion......Page 158
Checklist......Page 159
Part B Industrial Activities and Contamination......Page 160
8.1 Introduction......Page 162
8.2 The potential for contamination......Page 165
8.3 The Land Use Categories – a brief description......Page 170
8.4 Summary......Page 171
Industrial Activities: contaminants, processes and case studies......Page 174
Airports and similar uses......Page 175
Animal slaughtering and by-products......Page 177
Asbestos manufacture and use......Page 179
Concrete, ceramics, cement and plaster works......Page 181
Disinfectants manufacture......Page 182
Dockyards and wharves......Page 184
Electrical and electronics manufacture, including semi-conductor manufacturing plants......Page 186
Electricity generating......Page 188
Engineering......Page 190
Explosives industry, including fireworks manufacture......Page 193
Fertiliser manufacture......Page 195
Film and photographic processing......Page 196
Fine chemicals, including dyestuffs and pigments manufacturing......Page 197
Food processing, including brewing and malting, distilling of spirits......Page 199
Garages, including sale of automotive fuel, repair of cars and bikes......Page 200
Gasworks, coke works, coal carbonisation and similar......Page 202
Glass manufacture......Page 204
Iron and steelworks......Page 205
Laundries and dry-cleaning......Page 207
Metal smelting and refining, including furnaces and forges, electroplating, galvanising and anodising......Page 208
Mining and extractive industries......Page 211
Oil refining, petrochemicals production and storage......Page 213
Organic and inorganic chemicals production......Page 215
Paints, varnishes and ink manufacture......Page 217
Paper and printing works, including newsprint......Page 219
Pesticides manufacture......Page 220
Pharmaceutical industries, including cosmetics and toiletries......Page 222
Plastic products manufacture, moulding and extrusion; building materials; fibreglass; fibreglass resins and products......Page 224
Radioactive materials processing and disposal......Page 225
Railway land, including yards and tracks......Page 226
Rubber products and processing......Page 228
Scrapyards......Page 229
Sewage treatment works......Page 230
Tanning and leatherworks......Page 232
Tar, bitumen, linoleum, vinyl and asphalt works......Page 234
Textiles manufacture and dyeing......Page 235
Timber treatment works......Page 236
Transport depots, road haulage, commercial vehicle fuelling, local authority yards and depots......Page 238
Waste disposal sites, including hazardous wastes, landfills, incinerators, sanitary depots, drum and tank cleaning, solvent recovery......Page 240
References......Page 242
Department of the Environment – Industry Profiles......Page 248
Useful internet addresses......Page 251
Index......Page 254