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Bath & North East Somerset Council is required to have a Contaminated Land Strategy under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

The provisions in The Act were introduced to provide a better way to identify and remediate contaminated land.  Under section 78B of the Act every local authority is required to cause its area to be inspected from time to time for the purposes of identifying Contaminated Land.

In accordance with statutory guidance issued in April 2012 by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under section 78YA of the Act local authorities are required to prepare, implement, and keep under periodic review, a Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy. The Council first published its Contaminated Land Strategy in 2001.

The Strategy has been updated. This reviews the progress that has been made to implement the Contaminated Land Strategy and sets out the Councils plans for continuing its work. It also reflects updates to guidance and Council policies.

To approve the revised Contaminated Land Strategy to be published online on the B&NES website and to be publicly available online and by request.

Bath & North East Somerset Council (“the Council”) is required to have a Contaminated Land Strategy as required under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the Act”).

In 2001 the Council published its Contaminated Land Strategy (“the Strategy”) detailing how it would undertake its inspection.

The Strategy has been updated, as required in a periodic fashion or following updated guidance. The updated Strategy also reviews the progress that has been made to implement the Contaminated Land Strategy and sets out the Councils plans for continuing its work.

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