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Revenues and Benefits online accounts and forms will be unavailable from 5 pm on 31 March 2025 until 3 April while we run our year end processes.  We apologise for the inconvenience.

Request a contaminated land search

What is contaminated land?

Land is legally defined as 'contaminated land' where substances are causing or could cause:

  • significant harm to people, property or protected species
  • significant pollution of surface waters (for example lakes and rivers) or groundwater
  • harm to people as a result of radioactivity

Land may become contaminated when substances have found their way on or into the ground. Land can be contaminated by things like:

  • heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium and lead
  • oils and tars
  • chemical substances and preparations, like solvents
  • gases
  • asbestos
  • radioactive substances

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