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12.—(1) If during any stage of the authorised development, contamination within the Order limits is identified as a result of the confirmatory ground investigations or unexpected contamination discovery procedures described in chapter 10, Geology and Hydrogeology, of the environmental statement (Document 5.4.10) and the code of construction practice, and this contamination is considered to present a significant possibility of significant harm to persons or pollution of controlled waters or the environment then, except in the case of emergency, no further development in the vicinity of the contamination may be carried out until a written scheme to identify the extent of the contamination and any mitigation or remedial measures to be taken to render the land fit for its intended purpose has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority, following consultation with the Environment Agency.
(2) Should mitigation or remedial measures be required then they must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme referred to in paragraph (1) and, if remedial measures are required, their implementation and validation documented in a verification report submitted to the planning authority.
(3) In this requirement (contamination of land or groundwater and controlled waters), “controlled waters” has the same meaning as in Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1).
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