As previously discussed the land at Billet Road is unlicensed landfill and therefore polluted. Its also polluted from the lorry park and car traders on the site.
A Redevelopment was halted last year at a site in Hackney Wick when Hackney council confirmed the cause of horrendous smells as the historic contamination of the site's land by hydrocarbons, including bensene and naphthalene. Hackney Citizen "Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site"The same Hydrocarbons that shut down this site, have a High risk of occurrence with a High overall risk rating as the land at Billet Road (site 99), which also has a long list of additional pollutants.
And according to the Guardian a redevelopment site in Southall London, (Guardian Families hit out at London gasworks redevelopment ) Parents claim lack of Pollution regulations at a new brownfield development is putting children's health at risk.
"In early 2017, work began on cleaning the soil on the site, using a process (remediation) to remove contaminants in an open-air “soil hospital” (that bank) behind the homes. The soil was found to contain hydrocarbons including benzene , a known carcinogen, naphthalene, asbestos and cyanide, and it was decided cleaning the soil was safer than transporting contaminated material along residential streets."
Local residents are complaining of rashes, migraines and asthma.
"A toxicology report obtained via a freedom of information request contains the line: “There are no private gardens proposed cannot grow vegtables on the contaminated soil ever! [sic]”