Peter Brewin has received a response from the council to the effect that an environmental impact assessment re the site would not be necessary under schedule 2, section 10 of the Town and country planning regulations - Infrastructure Projects and (b) urban development projects.
The council also considers that with regard to the 'likely characteristics and location of the proposed development, sensitivity of the receiving environment and significance of environmental effects an Environmental Impact assessment is not required...' in relation to the proposal.
It would seem that from the information the council have to hand about the characteristics of the site and the sort of developments planned they do not consider that a full environmental impact assessment is necessary.
I think obviously its necessary now that the residents group confer with their 'expert' advisers regarding this response. I am no expert but presume that a decision by a local authority that a particular development does not justify an environmental impact assessment can be appealed against at some stage. But obviously there would have to be grounds to support such an appeal.
However I don't read from their response that council officers have come to any firm decision about the matter. They are still at the stage of considering the developers plans regarding remediation and whether these are sufficiently viable.
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