EIR Request - Desk Study Report - West Road, Forres

Request 101003764599

RSK has been commissioned to prepare a desk study report relating to a series of four sites at West Road, Forres. The four sites are located in close proximity to each other, at locations summarised below.

19-20 West Road, Forres: 302668, 858810
22 West Road, Forres: 302587, 858801
25 West Road, Forres: 302642, 858869
South Car Park, West Road, Forres: 302679, 858769

Site location/layout drawings for each site is attached for information.

We are trying to establish whether there are any potential land contamination issues in connection with the sites and we would therefore be grateful for the following information:

1. Is the Council aware of any land contamination issues or specific incidents in connection with the sites?

2. Have any of the sites been identified under the Council’s Contaminated Land Strategy for further investigation under the provisions of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? If so, please provide further details, including your predicted timescales for further action. If not, what is the likelihood of the site being identified in the future?

3. Are there any closed, licensed or unlicensed landfill sites within a 250 m radius of any of the sites? If yes, what is their location (NGR) and what types of waste were deposited in them? Are there any known gassing issues? If any gas spiking/monitoring has been carried out, could you please supply the results?

4. Is the Council aware of any environmental assessments or remedial activities having been undertaken at the sites?

5. Is the Petroleum Officer or Trading Standards aware of any fuel/chemical storage infrastructure at the site or adjacent to the sites which formerly held Petroleum licences and hold current record of sites required to have a Petroleum Certificate?

6. Is there any private drinking water supplies on your Local Authority Water Supply Register, within a 2 km radius of the sites? If yes, what is the location (i.e. NGR) and the source of the abstraction and its purpose.

7. Is there any other relevant information that may need to be considered when assessing the environmental status of the site?