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Guidance for construction sites controlled under the control of Pollution Act

Meeting: 21/11/2017 - Public Protection and Enforcement Policy Development & Scrutiny Committee (Item 45)

45 GUIDANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTROLLED UNDER THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT pdf icon PDF 134 KB

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Minutes:

ES 17085

 

The report on Guidance for Construction Sites Controlled under the Control of Pollution Act was written by Dr Hedley Pugh (Chartered Environmental Health Officer).  Dr Pugh attended the meeting to present the report and to answer any questions.

 

The Committee heard that the current guidance for construction sites in Bromley required updating. This was because of both legislative changes and technological improvements. A revised guidance document was added as an appendix to the report.

 

The recommendation was that the Portfolio Holder review and agree the proposal to adopt the revised local guidance for construction sites under the Control of Pollution Act 1974. 

 

Dr Pugh stated that Greater London had recently experienced an unprecedented level of large developments. It was the case that planning applications could not be refused on account of construction noise.

 

The revised code of conduct set out revised criteria:

 

·  A requirement to adhere to the Code

·  The re-enforcement of permitted hours of noisy works

·  Communication requirements with the local residents before and during the development

·  Location of noisy equipment and mitigation

·  Drainage requirements

·  Site Access

·  Monitoring Requirements

·  Greater control of emissions

·  Guidance pertaining to asbestos

·  New guidance relating to dust control

 

Dr Pugh was hopeful that the Council would agree to adopt the new guidelines.

 

A Member asked if LBB could reduce the amount of development work undertaken on a Saturday. She also referred to section 3.9 of the report which mentioned that to ensure consistency with neighbouring authorities the revised code was produced in collaboration with members of the South London Cluster Group. She asked who the members of the Cluster Group were. Dr Pugh responded that he was aware that Merton, Sutton, Croydon and Wandsworth were part of the Group. He stated that as far as working hours were concerned, this should be stipulated in the planning application as far as possible. The Planning Department had the ability to incorporate restrictions and controls into planning applications.

 

The Committee agreed to support the recommendation of the report.

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder agree the proposal to adopt the revised local guidance for construction sites controlled under the Control of Pollution Act 1974.