Contaminated Land

In accordance with Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006, the Council is required to maintain a Public Register of information relating to its functions under Part 2A.

The Part 2A Public Register serves as a permanent record of all regulatory action undertaken to ensure the remediation of any site which has been determined as Contaminated Land. Sites that have been determined as Contaminated Land but where no consequent action has yet been taken will not appear on the Register.

It is important to note that the Part 2A Public Register is NOT a register of:

• sites determined as Contaminated Land
• sites which may be Contaminated Land,
• sites which are potentially contaminated, or
• sites which the Council has formally investigated as part of the Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy

This register is intended to act as a full and permanent record of all the regulatory action taken by the enforcing authority in relation to the remediation of the land. The register will include:

»Remediation notices

»Appeals against remediation notices

»Remediation declarations

»Remediation statements

»Appeals against charging notices

»Designation of special sites

»Notification of claimed remediation

»Convictions for offences under Section 78M of the Act

»Guidance issued under Section 78V(1) of the Act

»Other matters prescribed by Regulations

At present there are no entries in the contaminated land public register for the East Northamptonshire Area.

The public register does not include details of historic land use and other information used in the identification and investigation of potentially contaminated land, or information on sites that have been remediated through the planning and development control process.