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Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
The request was successful.
From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
2 January 2012
Dear Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council,
In the proof of evidence from David Woolrich of Greater Manchester
Geological Unit to the Midland Road Planning Inspectorate Public
inquiry in 2006 - the Council's own contamination experts - in
paragraph 4.5.18 it states:-
"Waste management Paper 27 recommends that private housing with
gardens should not be constructed on landfill sites where the
methane levels are in excess of 1% v/v or the carbon dioxide levels
are in excess of 1.5% v/v. The general view is that gassing
landfill sites should not be developed for hard end uses until they
have stabilised ICRCL document 17/78 suggests that this period
could be for up to 50 years since gas can be produced for that
period."
As the Blackstone site is, according to documents sent to me by
Stockport Council, gassing over 78% methane and over 33% CO2,
please let me know how this matter has been addressed with regards
to this proposed development.
I remain in humble anticipation of your reply.
With very warmest best wishes
Sheila
From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
4 January 2012
Dear Mrs Oliver,
Thank you for your request for information below which has been given
reference FOI 5142. Please quote this on any correspondence regarding your
request.
Stockport Council will respond to your request within 20 working days. If
there will be a charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to
provide the information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if
you wish to proceed; however such charges are usually waived if they
amount to less than £10.
Yours sincerely,
Corporate Information Services
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
30 January 2012
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (Ref 5142).
The response to your request has been prepared by the relevant Council
service and is as follows:
The Council would like to provide reassurances that reliable arrangements
will be made to ensure there are adequate gas protection measures and
remediation carried out to ensure the development is safe for the end use.
Any issues regarding land contamination is a material planning
consideration and the Environmental Health Department are the consultees
in this respect. A memo has been sent from Environmental Health to the
Planning Department to ensure these important issues are addressed. This
is included in the FOI response 5145.
Further details of how the Council are addressing ground gas are also
dealt with in FOI5145.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request for
information, you are entitled to ask for an internal review; however you
must do so within 40 working days of the date of this response. Any
internal review will be carried out by a senior member of staff who was
not involved with your original request. To ask for an internal review,
contact [1][email address] in the first instance.
If you are unhappy with the outcome of any internal review, you are
entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner. To do so, contact:
Information Commissioner’s Office
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01625 545 745
Yours sincerely,
Corporate Information Services
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
30 January 2012
Dear FOI Officer,
Sadly, given my experiences with Stockport Council, I would have
far more confidence if these assurances came from a boiled carrot.
We were all "reassured" that the toxic waste dump school site was
not contaminated - it was with lead, arsenic and brown asbestos.
The Council's own experts clearly stated in 2006 that such sites
were unsuitable for development.
I shall copy this reply to the Council's insurers.
Yours sincerely,
Sheila Oliver
From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
31 January 2012
Dear FOI Officer,
I wanted the reports by email, as is my legal right. I assume the
Environmental Health Department is not getting paper copies of such
complicated documents. If they are then the council officer in
charge should be sacked! Please send me the email copies I assume
they have received. This is not a new request.
Yours sincerely,
Sheila Oliver
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alan m dransfield left an annotation (31 January 2012)
Again ,the SBC are woffling on about reports, these are NOT reports. Your FOI request was for copies of REPORTS NOT SBC statement.
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