Prioritiser Service for Contaminated Land

Under the Part IIA contaminated land regime, Local Authorities (LAs) have a statutory duty to “identify, in a rational, ordered and efficient manner, land which merits detailed individual inspection, identifying the most pressing and serious problems first.”

ESI has developed bespoke software which supports Local Authorities to identify and rank potentially contaminated sites within their district so forming the basis of their prioritised inspection strategy.

The software enables instant ranking and prioritisation of sites within a Local Authority’s overall strategy. As new environmental information becomes available and is added to the system, the model is updated. The ranking approach is clearly structured and readily updateable allowing relevant local issues to be integrated into the risk ranking system and ensuring a robust and effective inspection strategy.

ESI’s Prioritiser Service is designed to put Contaminated Land Officers in control of the Part IIA site prioritisation process.  Our unique Prioritiser tool is combined with land quality and data management expertise to deliver robust, flexible and user friendly solutions to all prioritisation problems.  Customers who have benefited from our services include:

  • LAs which are embarking on the prioritisation process
  • LAs which are updating/revisiting their list of priority sites
  • Unitary Authorities which are required to combine a number of separate site lists

Prioritiser Service for Contaminated Land
 
The major benefits of ESI's Prioritiser Service include:
Flexibility and clarity
 
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 The Prioritiser tool is a Microsoft Access database application which can be configured with almost any GIS software
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 The database is clearly structured and may be readily edited and easily interrogated unlike other ‘black box’ approaches
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 The database questionnaire and weighting system can be customised to reflect local issues and ensure that a meaningful prioritisation can be obtained
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 Reporting outputs can be fully tailored to meet the needs of each client

User friendly

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 The ranking process takes a matter of seconds (not hours or days as can be the case with other tools), readily enabling data interrogation and manipulation
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 Data inputs are quick and easy and reporting outputs are clear and concise

Robust

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 ESI’s contaminated land specialists are fully familiar with the Part IIA process. Our Prioritiser Service builds on this expertise to ensure the best possible use of existing data and to optimise the final site ranking
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 We can assist with ‘sanity checking’ the ranking system and provide advice on how best to configure the flexible scoring and weighting system

Cost effective

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 Each Prioritiser project is a bespoke system, reflecting the requirements and resources of the project owner
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 Once a system is established there are no annual maintenance fees and no obsolescence issues

Case Studies: - Prioritiser Service

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 CLARA Risk Screening Tool for Local Authorities; Part IIA Prioritisation
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 A Quantitative Methodology for Determining Risk to Groundwater from On-Farm Foot and Mouth Sites
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 Impact of Groundwater Abstractions on River Flows (IGARF)

 

We would be delighted to discuss any issues you may have relating to site prioritisation. If you have any questions or would like a demonstration of the Prioritiser Tool, either in person or via a webinar,  please contact Rob Gordon on 01743 276100