Flat built on former petrol station

terrierlady

as green field sites become more difficult to buy the brownfield sites become more popular and yes it wont have been cheap to buy, every piece of land now a days costs loads and usally a bidding war breaks out if the deal is not kept quiet.
yes shell would have indeed known it would fetch more for building ,thats why it was put up for sale.

Konisberg

Hi Thali.

Glad to hear you went ahead. I'm sure you made the right decision. As previous posters have said, with modern developments there are regulations in place to ensure a site is fit for purpose. Not only through a planning condition where the local authority has a duty of care to protect the end users, but also insurers of new builds such as the N.H.B.C. A former petrol station is just another piece of brownfield land which will be investigated, the level of contamination identified, the site cleaned up (remediated) and then most importantly, validated. This is where further investigation is made to confirm that the remediation work has been completed properly. This process will be done for a back garden site in the middle of the countryside or a factory in an industrial town. It all comes down to the actual level of contamination and using the correct method to clean it up. In theory, it would actually be slightly more concerning to live next door to an active petrol station, than it would be to live over a former one! I would imagine you new property is on cleaner soil than what most people in London have in their back gardens. Best wishes