The Land Condition Record aims to create an environmental logbook for land to ensure that during the sale, purchase and redevelopment of land, all concerned parties had access to the same data-sets and could therefore develop some general agreement between them on the levels of risk associated with that particular site and that particular use.
The urban task force’s main recommendations were that LCRs:
- should consist of available factual information or basic data relevant to land contamination;
- should be completed within a quality assurance system including the work of an accredited specialist in contaminated land. These specialists are known as Specialists in Land Condition (SiLCs);
- should be voluntary and straightforward to complete and maintain
- should not include an assessment of the implications of the information, for example, as to whether the land is suitable for use or whether pollutant linkages are present.
Chartered Environmental Surveyors and SiLCs at Wilbourn Associates are able to undertake Land Condition Records.
The Land Condition Record is an essential tool as a building block to a Land Quality Statement on significantly contaminated sites. For further information on Land Quality Statements please click here.