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• 26 February 2017 at 3:36PM

  Farway Forumite

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  26 February 2017 at 3:36PM

  If it is council, and they squirm, try your local councillor? Health hazards, any young kids around? All those sort of things tick council boxes

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• 26 February 2017 at 3:56PM

  Davesnave Forumite

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  26 February 2017 at 3:56PM

  Farway wrote: »

  If it is council, and they squirm, try your local councillor? Health hazards, any young kids around? All those sort of things tick council boxes

  
  Being devil's advocate, the council might argue there is no hazard, so long as it's not exhumed, in the same way that asbestos in artex or floor tiles isn't harmful unless abraded or drilled.

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• 26 February 2017 at 5:19PM

  unforeseen Forumite

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  26 February 2017 at 5:19PM

  If it asbestos then it is not a sealed source. That soil is classified as hazardous and under current regulations they, as the landowner, have a duty to remediate the hazard.

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• 2 March 2017 at 10:53AM

  ripplyuk Forumite

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  2 March 2017 at 10:53AM

  The council got back to me and said they're going to clear it :T
  
  I've no idea why they changed their minds now when they refused previously. Maybe it just depends on who you talk to. Anyway, I'm happy, and relieved. Thanks for all the advice here.

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