Contaminated land strategy

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Under the new contaminated land provisions contained in Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local councils have to inspect their areas for the purposes of identifying contaminated land.  Effective regulation is essential to support public confidence in development on contaminated land and so avoid the risk of blight arising from uncertainty, leading in some cases to economic and social disadvantage.

Fundamental to the new approach is the importance of risk assessment and risk management, while recognising the need for reasonableness.  The Council's successful implementation of the regime has required consultation, co-operation and partnership between all involved in dealing with contaminated land problems and a culture of openness and transparency.

The Secretary of State has issued statutory guidance to local authorities on the implementation of Part IIA.  This guidance required local authorities to take a strategic approach to inspecting their areas and publish this in a written strategy.  This strategy sets out how we will implement our inspection duties under Part IIA.

Wiltshire Council are curently consulting on their Draft Contaminated Land Strategy

Last updated: 18 March 2011