The Council holds information on land that has become contaminated and reports on sites that have been treated throughout the borough. This information is available to the public.
The contaminated land strategy addresses how we aim to identify contaminated land in the borough. It sets out a five-year implementation programme outlining how it proposes to assess each site.
New building developments
In the borough, the environmental protection team act as advisers to the directorate of strategic planning and on land contamination issues affecting new developments.
It carries extensive assessments on ground gases and soil investigations before approving planning permission.