A former timber yard located off North Street, Barking received planning permission for redevelopment into residential use including houses with private gardens, apartment blocks and communal amenity space (including a children’s playground).
Lustre Consulting was appointed to undertake a Phase 2 Site Investigation to work towards discharging a planning condition. The investigation comprised window sample boreholes up to 5m deep across the site focusing on the condition of the Made Ground in proposed private gardens, the children’s playground and shallow groundwater in the gravels, all of which were identified as the main pollution risks. The soil and groundwater testing found widespread contamination in the Made Ground comprising PAHs, metals, asbestos (fragments) and a localised oil ‘hotspot’ that had migrated into the shallow groundwater.
Lustre Consulting was subsequently commissioned to develop a Remediation Strategy to mitigate the contamination risks including an engineered capping layer in landscaped areas, removal of the localised oil ‘hotspot’ and localised groundwater monitoring/ remediation. All stages of the investigation and remediation works were successfully approved by the local Contaminated Land Officer and the Environment Agency.
What is a Noise Assessment? A Noise Assessment will determine whether any prevailing noise sources could be affecting your site or whether any adverse noise sources could be introduced, and if those noise sources could have an adverse impact on future site users, or off-site noise sensitive receptors. If the Noise Assessment finds that the […]
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What is a Flood Risk Assessment? A Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) will determine the flood risk to a site from multiple sources. It is usual for a FRA to assess the flood risk from rivers, sea, surface water, sewers or groundwater. The level of risk is in part determined by future site users and/or sensitive […]
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What is an Air Quality Mitigation Statement? An Air Quality Mitigation Statement qualitatively assesses the air quality impact to future site users and/or local receptors and whether any mitigation measures could be required. Why is an Air Quality Mitigation Statement needed for this site? The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) and Environmental Protection UK […]
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What is a Phase 1 Desk Study? A Phase 1 Desk will determine if contamination could be present at your site, and importantly, if that contamination poses a risk to future site users or the environment. Why is a Phase 1 Desk Study needed for this site? If the Desk Study finds that the level […]
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