very strange. If you hear from the Environment Agency and it turns out that there was no report, I think it would be as well to pass that on to HBC. People need to know that their documentation is unreliable. They may well have said there was a leakage to illustrate the urgency of getting a "responsible developer" in there to deal with what they call a derelict site?
For anyone who has waded thru the latest Asda documentation on UK Planning website, you will note that Asda's consultants state that there was a leakage in October this year that necessitated a report to the Environment Agency. Not much information is given but I was so appalled at this that I wrote to the Chairman of Marshalls, (since he has so kindly left his details on the planning website). He would have received my letter this morning and this afternoon I was visited by his H&S manager. Very nice chap who assured me that there had been no such leakage and that the Environment Agency had no details of any leakage in that postcode for some considerable time. I was very impressed by the fast response of the Chairman, (who is retiring in a few months) and the professionalism of the H&S chap. But why did Asda's consultants write this, and if that is rubbish what else in their reports is rubbish too. Makes you wonder who checks up on Asda's so-called facts.
(I wrote to the Environment Agency too, but I imagine they will vouch for the H&S chap - no point lying)