Brownfield Redevelopment: North 2018

• The Combined Authority role in facilitating development and infrastructure
• Using funding streams effectively to deliver

Cllr Tim Swift

Leader, Calderdale Council and Vice-Chair, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Kate Thompson

Head of Implementation, West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership. (Kate will be joining Cllr Swift for Q&A)

• Clarifying what funding is available for brownfield and housing development, and where
• Detailing the types of projects that have successfully received Government funding and the criteria that helped secure this money
• Examining exactly what support and expertise is available to Local Authority partners to remediate and de-risk sites:
  • what will be expected of Local Authorities from such partnerships
  • how do Homes England allocate and prioritise funding and support
• Exploring what “gap” or “top-up” funding is available to schemes that have initial investment but lack sufficient funding to progress

Rob Pearson

General Manager, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, Homes England

• Practicalities of considering contaminated land investigation and risk assessment in a planning application
• Determining what impact brownfield registers have had so far in bringing forward sites for development
• Assessing the extent to which the initial registers compiled to meet the deadline are a realistic and workable tool and how these could be improved
• Exploring how we can best work with consultants, developers and other stakeholders to overcome the obstacles associated with developing brownfield sites

Ann Barker

Lead Officer Contaminated Land, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Michael Eaglestone

Principal Planning Officer (Major Projects), Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

• Update on the compilation and use of brownfield registers since the Dec 2017 deadline
• Examining how sites will be entered onto Part 2 of registers:
• determining when direct application for PiP is likely to be in force, the types of development eligible and information requirements
• what is the appetite of local authorities for listing sites in Part 2 and what are the barriers / motivations?
• Exploring how registers will be maintained and used effectively going forward
• Assessing the implications of listed sites for developers and consultants and associated liabilities - who ultimately decides if a site is viable for development?

Simon Colvin

Partner, Weightmans LLP

• Identifying the barriers to development and the measures taken to influence these
• Effectively dealing with contamination and legacy issues
• Achieving successful collaboration between local authorities, developers, and other stakeholders to increase viability

Mike Reed

Strategic Growth Manager, Trafford Council

Kirkstall Forge is the oldest continually industrialised site in the UK and the largest brownfield site redeveloped in Leeds. This presentation will look at some of the contamination and remediation challenges faced and detail how these were overcome, enabling Phase One of the redevelopment to be completed. It will also look at how such a large and complex site is managed and brought forward over such a long time-scale.

Patricia Gill

Director, WYG

• Determining the type and detail of data required to build a detailed conceptual site model (CSM) and more accurately assess contamination risks
• Exploiting data analysis techniques such as GIS, 3D modelling and statistics to add value to your data and facilitate more informed planning and design
• Contributing to development viability by:
  • effectively using geo-technical and environmental data alongside land and property values
  • working in teams to mitigate site development constraints leading to abnormal ground costs

Andrew Moore

Technical Director, WSP

• Examining market research into the current state of play
• Data operation systems and interoperability for an integrated data platform
• Use cases and benefits of an integrated data platform
• Project Iceberg committee and pilot activities

Stephanie Bricker

Team Leader, Urban Geoscience, British Geological Survey

• Reviewing and practically applying recent CARSOIL guidance alongside HSE and other guidance
• Ensuring you have sufficient data to make robust and informed decisions regarding the level of risk from asbestos:
• exploring actual threshold levels being used throughout the sector
• what specific wording should be used in planning conditions?
• Best practice for accurately identifying and managing traces or very low levels of asbestos
• at what level must this material be classed as hazardous and increased mitigation measures applied?
• giving confidence to landfill and waste site operators in managing this material
• Assessing the risk of re-contamination during demolition– to what extent could soils that were deemed “clean” then become contaminated?
• Exploring the most suitable remediation and re-use techniques for asbestos fibres in soil
• Practicalities of identifying, remediating and re-using asbestos-contaminated materials on-site – case study example

Steve Edgar

Managing Director (Designate), Vertase FLI

• Detailing changes to the landfill tax regime as of April 2018 and the implications of these for the disposal of materials:
• waste permitting requirements
• Examining how the new guidance will impact on existing DoWCoP and quality protocols for aggregate re-use in brownfield development
• What are the likely cost and landfill tax liability implications of these changes?
• Exploring ways to enable and encourage materials reuse and balance on site or finding donor sites

Tim Hull

Technical Manager, Contaminated Land, BWB Consulting