Planning consideration
Contaminated land
Land where substances are causing or could cause: - significant harm to people, property or protected species - significant pollution of surface waters (for example lakes and rivers) or groundwater - harm to people as a result of radioactivity
- Design stage
- Backlog
- Tags
- local plan
- Also known as
- Special Sites
- Datasets
- Legislation
- Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 / The Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006
- Discussion
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- Last updated
- 28 January 2025
Research
What other planning considerations does it interact with?
- Local plans - Contaminated land is referenced a number of times in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.