Contaminated land
Over the years land has been used for many different industrial and commercial activities. Some of these processes used or produced substances that could cause harm to health or the environment if they are allowed to contaminate the site.
Taunton Deane Borough Council, like other local authorities across the country, are required to inspect its area for potentially contaminated land. If any sites are found to be "contaminated land" as defined in legislation, the Council will liaise with the people responsible for the contamination with the aim of achieving a voluntary clean-up of the site. If this approach does not work the Council has been given the power to take legal action requiring the necessary work to be carried out.
The Council has produced a Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy which outlines the steps that are being taken to identify any contaminated land in Taunton Deane. There is also a register of any sites where formal action has been taken, which can be found on the Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy and Contaminated Land Register web page.
The Environmental Protection Team are also consulted by Taunton Deane Planning Department on issues which includes providing advice about the likelihood of contamination on a site, and reviewing information that is provided by developers. On any potentially contaminated site the developer is responsible for providing a site investigation and risk assessment and, if any remedial works are carried out, these must ensure the site is suitable for the proposed use.
Useful information
 Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy and Contaminated Land Register
Responsibilities of Contaminated Land
Downloadable documents
 The assessment and remediation of contaminated land (284 KB)
Safe storage of heating oil (139 KB)
Contact details
The Environmental Protection Team would be pleased to hear from anyone who has a question, comment or suggestion about any aspect of the service.
Visit
The Council Offices at The Deane House in Belvedere Road.
Post
The Environmental Protection Team
The Deane House
Belvedere Road
Taunton
TA1 1HE
Tel: 01823 356339
Email: environmental.protection@tauntondeane.gov.uk
For enquiries about the polution of surface or ground waters and waste regulation enquiries, please contact the Environment Agency (external link)
Environment Agency
Rivers House
Easy Quay
Bridgewater
TA6 4YS
Tel: 0800 807060
 The documents on this website can be downloaded and are published using the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format. To view or print these documents, Adobe's Acrobat PDF reader is required which can be downloaded from the Adobe Systems' website (external link)
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