Requests for Environmental Information

We receive and respond to many requests for environmental information on a variety of topics from many parts of the community.

The information we hold consists of Public Registers and other records that we are required by statute to hold and maintain, as well as many other documents.

Information available to you

Some of the information held by the Council is freely available and can be found by using the following links.

• Public Register of Contaminated Land
• Public Register for Radioactive Substances Act
• The Public Register of Private Water Supplies can be viewed at the Civic Centre
• Nitrogen Dioxide monitoring results (Please ring for details)
• Radon information

Other available information

The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 apply to information that relates to the environment if, and only if, it relates to any of the following:

• the state of any water or air, fauna or flora, soil or natural site or land; or
• any activities or measures (including activities giving rise to noise/other nuisance) which adversely affect anything mentioned in (i) above or is likely to adversely affect anything above; or
• any activities or administration or other measures (including Environmental Management) or programs which are designed to protect anything so mentioned.

The Council may refuse to make information available if the request is manifestly unreasonable, if it is formulated in too general a manner, if it is information to which the regulations do not apply or is deemed to be confidential.

Advice for those concerned about contamination issues raised when buying or selling a property can be found on our guide for homeowners, prospective purchasers and solicitors.  (950.71 KB)

Detailed Requests

Many requests made to the Council often involve detailed and wide-ranging searches of information held by the Environmental Health Department. In order to ensure the best use of Officer time, a charge for this information has been applied, based on the estimated length of time it takes for the information to be provided above the standard charge of one-hour currently £36.00.

Payments for Environmental Information may be made online, securely via our Online Payments page.

General Requests

Requests for more general information are often made. These can usually be answered without a charge being applied, although this does depend on the nature of the request. For further information please contact the department. environmental.health@wychavon.gov.uk

General requests would include the following subjects, however please note that some of the following subjects are not within the remit of the Environmental Health Department and links have therefore been provided to the appropriate Council contact;

• Flooding
• Hazardous Substance Consent
• Health Promotion
• Community Planning / Sustainability issues
• Refuse & Recycling
• Brine run searches

Information is held by the Environment Agency on the following:

• Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control
• Integrated Pollution Control
• Waste Management Licensing
• Waste Carriers
• Waste Brokers
• Hazardous waste

View the Agency's Public Registers information page.

What you can expect from us

See how quickly we aim to deal with your enquiries

For more information contact:

Mark Cox, Contaminated Land Officer,
Environmental Protection Section, Environmental Services, Wychavon District Council, Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 1PT

Telephone: 01386 565015 - between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Fax: 01386 561826
Email: contaminated.land@wychavon.gov.uk