The inspection process

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Under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities are required to set out and formally adopt a bespoke approach to inspection of its area. The Statutory Guidance requires the Council to:

  • Inspect our area from ‘time to time’ to identify contaminated land in a way that is rational, ordered and efficient
  • Ensure that the most pressing and serious problems will be identified and dealt with first
  • Determine whether any prioritised sites meet the statutory definition of contaminated land
  • Take a precautionary and proportionate approach, considering the specific circumstances of each case
  • Consult the Environment Agency and/or Natural Resources Wales on sites where there is pollution of controlled waters, and it is considered that the land meets the criteria of a ‘special site’. A Special Site is a contaminated site that meets certain criteria set out in law - usually because the contamination affects controlled waters or involves specific types of pollution. On such sites the Environment Agency/Natural Resources Wales would be the lead authority.

The Statutory Guidance recommends a two-stage approach to local authority inspection - strategic inspection followed by detailed inspection.

Under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities are required to set out and formally adopt a bespoke approach to inspection of its area. The Statutory Guidance requires the Council to:

  • Inspect our area from ‘time to time’ to identify contaminated land in a way that is rational, ordered and efficient
  • Ensure that the most pressing and serious problems will be identified and dealt with first
  • Determine whether any prioritised sites meet the statutory definition of contaminated land
  • Take a precautionary and proportionate approach, considering the specific circumstances of each case
  • Consult the Environment Agency and/or Natural Resources Wales on sites where there is pollution of controlled waters, and it is considered that the land meets the criteria of a ‘special site’. A Special Site is a contaminated site that meets certain criteria set out in law - usually because the contamination affects controlled waters or involves specific types of pollution. On such sites the Environment Agency/Natural Resources Wales would be the lead authority.

The Statutory Guidance recommends a two-stage approach to local authority inspection - strategic inspection followed by detailed inspection.