Commentary on Sections Part 2 Assessment, Registrati on and Monitoring of Disused Tips Chapter 2 – Assessment of Disused Tips Section 14 – Additional preliminary assessments
62.There will be circumstances where the Authority has carried out a preliminary assessment of a disused tip and has decided it does not meet the criteria for inclusion in the register. An additional preliminary assessment must be carried out and a report of that assessment must be produced and published by the Authority, as soon as practicable, if the Authority considers such an assessment necessary in relation to the relevant tip: (a) because of a change in circumstances; or (b) because information is available that was not taken into account when the previous assessment was carried out. As is the case for preliminary assessment reports under section 13, the Authority may publish the report in a redacted form.
63.An example of a change in circumstances might be the construction of a housing estate or a highway near to a disused tip, which might threaten the stability of the disused tip. An example of new information might be information not previously made available by an owner or occupier of the disused tip that highlights, for instance, evidence of an increased water run-off from neighbouring land that might pose a threat to the stability of the disused tip.