39BSite audit for certain land

39B Site audit for certain land

39B Site audit for certain land

(1) This clause applies to the land to which item 51 of Schedule 8 applies.

(2) Before granting consent to development for a purpose set out in item 51 of Schedule 8, the council may require a site audit to be carried out in respect of the land by a site auditor accredited under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 by the Department of Environment and Conservation and the site audit report and site audit statement in relation to the site audit to be furnished to, and approved by, the council.

(3) The council may refuse to approve the site audit report and site audit statement if the site audit statement does not contain the following findings in relation to the site audit—

(a) that the soil, gas, groundwater, surface water and soil stability issues have been appropriately managed,

(b) that the land has been successfully remediated and is suitable for development for the purpose for which the consent is being sought.

cl 39B: Ins 2005 (661), Sch 1 [1].