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Campaigners fears over proposed development near Snodland
KentOnline / KMTV
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04/05/2025
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Until a few years ago, golfers teed off here. Now the land faces a different game altogether.
00:06
Developers seeking planning permission to build homes, sport pitches and a clubhouse.
00:12
If approved, they'll have to flatten these artificial heels.
00:15
Some of the site was once used for waste disposal.
00:19
Environmental reports say a nearby landfill infringed waste rules and was closed in 2016.
00:26
Campaigners are worried about what could happen if rubble is disturbed.
00:30
So we don't really know the full extent of what's been dumped here.
00:33
Much of it was unlicensed and therefore the paper trail is very hard to pin down in most cases.
00:41
There is no paper trail.
00:42
But we know for a fact that lead has been found here.
00:45
We know for a fact that asbestos has been found here.
00:47
And when you start unearthing that kind of thing, you're releasing into the atmosphere all kinds of particulates
00:55
and contaminants.
00:56
The Environment Agency has confirmed that asbestos was removed from the site in 2006.
01:03
And soil samples and watercourse analysis shows no evidence of contamination.
01:09
I'm here in the Oast Park Brook.
01:11
And you can see it's an unusual browny-orange colour.
01:14
And there seems to be an oily substance on the surface.
01:18
Now, in the Development Environmental Assessment, it says that existing contamination could mobilise
01:26
and end up in this stream if proper mitigation isn't in place.
01:31
The report says the risk is low, but campaigners are still concerned.
01:36
So, most of the site has been rewilded.
01:39
So, nature has covered up the sins of the landfill.
01:44
But I feel that once this starts getting dug up, even if it gets piled,
01:50
that everything is going to get concentrated.
01:53
And we're going to have contamination in a beautiful Greenbelt area.
01:58
Developers have moved to reassure locals that contamination poses no risk.
02:02
In a statement, they say thorough investigation work, surveys and reports prepared as part of
02:09
the current planning application provides evidence that it is factually incorrect to suggest
02:14
potential groundwater contamination as a result of the development.
02:19
They go on to say the Environment Agency has confirmed its acceptance of the findings
02:23
and suggested various conditions to ensure ongoing testing through the construction phases.
02:30
It will now be up to the local council.
02:31
A decision expected later this year.
02:35
Gabriel Morris, near Snodland.
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