Land pollution

Regulation of contaminated land

The regulation of contaminated land is described in part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 introduced by Section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 and qualified by the associated Statutory Guidance and various special regulations. More information is available on the legislation.gov.uk website.

The council has produced a contaminated land strategy which identifies the steps we take to find contaminated sites in Ealing and clean them up.