4.1.67 Within East Dunbartonshire there are three pipelines/installations handling
substances notifiable to the Health and Safety
Executive under health and safety regulations, these are:
1.
the high pressure gas pipelines running across
the authority area,
2. the
chlorine storage area at the Balmore Water Treatment
Works,
3. the
bonded warehouses at Buchley
4.1.68 These features,
along with the appropriate consultation distances are plotted in Appendix 8.
They are subject to stringent controls under existing health and safety
legislation and it is a requirement of Council Directive 96/82/EC (Sevesco II) to control the kinds of development permitted
in the vicinity of these installations.
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DQ 17 Health and Safety Consultation Areas In considering planning applications for proposed development within
the consultation distances around the high pressure gas pipelines and the
chlorine store at the Balmore Water Treatment Works
(as plotted on the map in Appendix 8), the Council will where appropriate
consult the Health and Safety Executive. Decisions on planning applications
will take account of the requirements to maintain appropriate distances
between the establishment and residential areas, areas of public use and
areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest, so as not to increase
the risks to people. As a precautionary principle, significant developments
(in particular high density developments) should generally avoid these areas. |