Wychavon's Contaminated Land Strategy

We have a duty under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to inspect the district for land considered to be "contaminated land" and to produce an inspection strategy detailing how this is to be done.

The current Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy  (1023.41 KB) is a revision of the original document that was adopted at Environment Committee on 22 May 2001 following extensive consultation. The Original 2001 version of the Strategy  (723.33 KB).

Contaminated Land has only been heard of in recent years in the headlines of newspapers. However, local authorities and the Government have been addressing contamination issues for a long time.  

Further information on the historical context in relation to Wychavon  (27.84 KB).

The introduction of the Contaminated Land Regime in 2000, required each local authority to publish a Strategy document.  Details on the production of this document and the publication process  (29.00 KB).

Since the publication of Wychavon's Strategy in 2001 our work has progressed alongside that already undertaken to ensure new developments do not cause problems due to historic contamination. You can view the details of the work undertaken to date  (12.43 KB). Prior to the review of the Strategy document, the work undertaken to date was assessed and evaluated. We based the review on the Evaluation document  (39.96 KB).

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For more information contact:

If you have any comments on the Strategy or queries regarding the subject of contaminated land please 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