Contaminated Land
Local land that has been contaminated by past industrial work, including gasworks, chemical works or landfills can contain harmful substances.
The Council is committed to enforcing relevant legislation relating to contaminated land:
• We publish a Contaminated Land Strategy, which outlines how to identify contaminated sites in the vicinity of contaminated land..
• We carry out inspections of land that may be contaminated.
• We identify those responsible for the clean-up of the site.
• We keep a public register of contaminated land site.
In some cases the Environment Agency may take over the regulation of a site from the Council, once it has been declared as 'contaminated land'. If you would like more information on contaminated land, please contact us via the details at the top-right corner of this page.
Reporting contaminated land
You can report a contaminated land issue online or by contacting us using the details to the right.
Page updated: 10 Dec 2009