Making risk related technical data more accessible to planners
Sub-title: How the national Health & Safety Executive (HSE) engages with land-use planning authorities on land-use planning, disaster risk reduction, and technical data
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 2018
Category: Organizational structure, Tools
Tags: Cooperation Between Experts, Land-Use Planning Authorities, Safety Authorities, Safety Data, Decision-Making
Organization(s) involved: Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
The details of this good practice can be found at:
The presentation by the Health & Safety Executive of the United Kingdom at the UNECE Seminar on land-use planning and industrial safety (16-17 May 2018, Mechelen, Belgium), found here.
Decision-making on siting of new developments near to existing hazardous industrial facilities
Sub-title: Consultation between the competent safety authorities in the process of making decisions on the siting of proposed developments in the vicinity of existing hazardous industrial activities
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 2016
Category: Projects
Tags: Consultations Between Competent Authorities, Decisions on the Siting of Hazardous Industrial Activities, Industrial Safety
Organization(s) involved: Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Local Planning Authorities
Summary:
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) serves as the competent safety authority in the United Kingdom. It notifies the local planning authorities of the location of hazardous activities. A planning authority then seeks the advice of HSE when considering applications for planning permissions for specific developments in the vicinity of hazardous activities. Consultations with HSE in planning are mandatory in these cases. When consulted by the planning authority regarding an application relating to hazardous substances consent, HSE uses the zones within the area to check compatibility of the consent with existing development in the vicinity.
Further details: UNECE Guidance on Land-Use Planning, the Siting of Hazardous Activities, and Related Safety Aspects (2017), Chapter III, Box 5.
Negotiations between planning and safety experts for better safety outcomes on brownfield sites
Sub-title: The Health & Safety Executive’s role in land-use planning
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 2010
Category: Measures
Tags: Seveso II Directive, Advisory, Developments on Brownfield Sites, Planning Legislation, Consultations between Experts
Organization(s) involved: Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
The details of this good practice can be found at:
The presentation by HSE at the UNECE Joint seminar on land use planning around hazardous industrial sites (11 - 12 November 2010, The Hague, the Netherlands):
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