What is the role of the land developer?
The developer is responsible for ensuring that development is safe and suitable for the purpose for which it is intended. The developer is responsible for determining whether land is suitable for a particular development or can be made so by remedial action. In particular, the developer should carry out an adequate investigation to inform a risk assessment to determine: Whether the land in question is already affected by contamination through source – pathway – receptor pollutant linkages and how those linkages are represented in a conceptual model; Whether the development proposed will create new linkages, e.g new pathways by which existing contaminants might reach existing or proposed receptors and whether it will introduce new vulnerable receptors; and What action is needed to break those linkages and avoid new ones, deal with any unacceptable risks and enable safe development and future occupancy of the site and neighbouring land. A developer will need to satisfy the local planning
Related Questions
- Our commissioners have a sales agreement in place with a developer and would like to purchase a parcel of land. May we use the RACP grant to buy the property while we decide what to build on it?
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