Housebuilders are considering ways of countering a newly-applied Environment Agency policy which will see Waste Management Licensing (WML) procedures applied to virtually all future remediation schemes. The situation could significantly undermine the government&amp;’s drive for brownfield development.<p></p><p>In some regions the agency has interpreted WML regulations in such a way that any dug material on a brownfield site has to be treated as waste.</p><p>This could mean that homes built on brownfields will be potentially unsaleable as the site will be recorded as a registered tip until the agency has signed it off which could take many years. Brownfield land will be blighted and devalued so the 60% development target will be difficult to achieve and straightforward remediation techniques, such as clean cover, will be unavailable. </p><p>HBF has written to environment minister Michael Meacher to highlight the problem.</p><p><br> <br> </p><p><b>Velux has opened a new state of the art office and training centre in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Velux roof windows are the basis of the design which encompasses environmental performance and user comfort.</b><br></p>