Response 3862327

Response to request for information

Reference

3862327

Response date

24 December 2025

Request

I am writing to make a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

As part of an earlier FOI request (Ref – 3532068), the following response was received:

What information about possible radium contamination of the site of Nottingham City Airport was submitted by the council to the Planning Inspectorate during the consultation, public hearings and formal approval of the Local Plan 2014?

The attached information was made available to the Planning Inspector who examined the Local Plan Part 1.

The document attached was the BWB Geoenvironmental Report, that has a publication date of May 2014.

I note that the revised Local Plan was submitted for examination by the Planning inspector on the 3rd of March 2014.

In light of this, please provide the following information:

1. The exact date on which Rushcliffe Borough Council sent or otherwise made available this BWB Geoenvironmental report to the Planning Inspector/Inspectorate for consideration during the Local Plan Part 1 examination.
2. Copies of any covering letters, emails, or correspondence that accompanied the transmission of this report to the Planning Inspector or the Planning Inspectorate.
3. If the report was not sent directly by Rushcliffe Borough Council, please confirm who provided it to the Inspector and when.

I believe this information falls under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because it relates to land use planning and environmental considerations within the Local Plan process.

The Geoenvironmental report produced by BWB concerns environmental factors such as soil conditions, contamination, and ground stability, which directly affect decisions on development and land use. Regulation 2(1)(c) of the EIR defines environmental information to include measures and activities affecting or likely to affect the state of land and soil. Therefore, the date and manner in which this report was provided to the Planning Inspector is environmental information and should be disclosed under EIR.

Response

1. The library list for the Local Plan Part 1 examination dates the document becoming a document within the examination’s library on 9 June 2014. It is assumed that this is the date it was made available to the Inspector.
2.  Such correspondence is not held by the Borough Council.
3. The report was submitted to the examination by the planning agent (Oxalis Planning) for the consortium of landowners/developers who, at the time, were promoting the site's allocation. All documents provided to the examination would have been sent to the examination’s Programme Officer and they would have sent it on to the Inspector. No correspondence is held by the Borough Council that confirms when exactly this happened, but it is assumed on or shortly before 9 June 2014.