Review of the North Tyneside Contaminated Land Strategy

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 requires local authorities to produce a Contaminated Land Strategy and to periodically review it.  The Authority has a Strategy which was last reviewed in 2014. 
The overarching objectives of the Strategy on contaminated land are:
a) To identify and remove unacceptable risks to human health and the environment;
b) To seek to ensure that contaminated land is made suitable for its current use; and
c) To ensure that the burdens faced by individuals, companies and society as a whole are proportionate, manageable and compatible with the principle of sustainable development.
This Revised Strategy sets out:
• How the Authority will investigate contaminated land;
• How land will be assessed and determined as contaminated land;
• How the Authority will deal with contaminated land;
• The responsibilities of Appropriate Persons who have caused contaminated land; and
• The communication of findings following completion of the site investigation by categorising the risk of contamination.

Please see the attached documents and send your emails to Frances McClen