Brades village supplementary planning document 2006, potential land swap

Dear Sandwell Borough Council,

This is a freedom of information request.

Ref Brades village supplementary planning document 2006

Available online is the above consultation document part of which
outlines

"Exploration of the potential for the relocation of Council owned
land, currently in use as Tividale Community
Recreational Centre (to be made available for additional
supplementary housing)
• Subject to further environmental tests and a proven and approved
Remediation Strategy the former Gower Tip site may
be appropriate for a range of development opportunities, including
residential development, an element of public open space and the
provision of sports facilities."
My questions are as follows
1. What is the current state of this potential land swap deal and
can you confirm that the council have approached the landowners of
the Gower Tip site, Rhodia for their comments about this matter?
2. Another document also available online states responses to the
proposed consultation, where Rhodia are listed as a consultee on
the document, yet no response from them is included. Can you
confirm if a response from Rhodia in relation to the Brades Village
supplementary planning document was received and if so could you
please supply me with this response?

In a previous request concerning the Gower tip site answered by
Nigel Parr, he stated
"Unfortunately, the records of this site are incomplete and the map
defining the site boundary is missing from the original licence
document dated 6 April 1978. However, the area was redefined in
Amendment No.2 which took effect in August 1979. Unfortunately, a
signed and dated copy of that amendment has not survived. The
licence was surrendered on 22 April 1994 and cancelled with effect
from that date."

3. Does the council know when the sports field area was created and
the Tividale community centre was built and if any of this field or
the community centre was built on top of the original Gower Tip
site?
4. Have any tests been carried out on this sports field area for
potential contamination from materials dumped on the Gower site? By
this I mean direct soil sampling, and not just potential leacheate
from the Gower site.
I would be grateful if you could provide this information to the
above email address.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Carroll