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The purpose of a Phase I Environmental Desk Study is to identify any potential sources<\/u> of contamination, the pathways<\/u> by which the potential contamination can move around the site under investigation and those receptors<\/u> that can be impacted by the potential contamination.<\/p>\n
The relationship between a source, a pathway and a receptor is known as a pollutant linkage<\/u>.<\/p>\n
The driver behind all this is the Environmental Protection Act (1990), or more importantly Part 2A of the Act and how it has filtered down to the planning process via the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Guiding Principles for Land Contamination (GPLC) 1 \u2013 3 and Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM).\u00a0 This last one is quite important, LCRM replaced CLR11 (Contamination Land Report no.11), which was formally withdrawn in October 2020, but many consultants and Local Authorities still refer to it.<\/p>\n
Under LCRM, an environmental desk study, preliminary environmental risk assessment, or many of the other names it can be given, which generally has the term Phase I (PI) attached to it has several elements that have to be considered.<\/p>\n
These include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n
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Under LCRM, whilst not explicitly part of the Phase I report, consideration should also be given to unexploded ordnance (UXO) and invasive plants (Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed, etc.).<\/p>\n
More details of what should be included in a PI report can be found on the government website, and can be accessed via the link:<\/p>\n