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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will list the locations of (a) land deemed by the relevant local authority to be in a condition causing or likely to cause (i) significant harm and (ii) pollution of controlled waters as defined by 78A(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and (b) other contaminated land; what the size of each site is; what the nature of the contamination is in each case; and what steps (A) have been taken and (B) are planned to remedy any such contamination; [165806] (2) if she will estimate the (a) number and (b) total area of sites where land is designated as contaminated land; [165807] (3) if she will make a statement on steps (a) which have been taken and (b) are being taken to tackle the problem of contaminated land. [165808] Mr. Morley: To help address the legacy of land contamination, the Government brought into force part IIA ("contaminated land") of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This placed local authorities under a statutory duty to inspect their areas to identify contaminated land as defined in the Act, and to secure its remediation, in accordance with the detailed provisions of the regime. They are required to take a strategic and prioritised approach to the duty of inspection. For certain sites, known as special sites, enforcement is by the Environment Agency. The regime came into effect in April 2000 in England and is described in DETR Circular 02/2000, "Contaminated Land". In broad terms, the regime addresses unacceptable risk arising from land contamination in situations where other statutory regimes cannot be applied. The Department and the Environment Agency publish technical and other material to assist local authorities. Defra provides capital and revenue support to both LAs and the agency in connection with part IIA duties. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has proposed updated guidance in connection with both planning and building control regimes, since these play a major part in addressing the legacy of land contamination. Urban regeneration initiatives, led by that Department, also help address land contamination, and tax incentives have been introduced. Progress is being made. The agency prepares periodic statutory reports on the state of contaminated land, the first of which was published in September 2002 and laid in the Library. As at 31 March 2004, some 66 part IIA determinations had been recorded in England, as detailed in the following table. Some cases involve a number of determinations, and some involved both pollution of controlled waters and significant harm. The precise areas of individual sites, and planned measures, are not collected centrally, but size ranges are shown, together with the nature of the problem in each case. Under part IIA, remediation can be secured through voluntary action, in which case a remediation statement is produced, or through enforcement action, in which case a remediation notice is served on the appropriate persons. Details are placed on a public register kept by the authority. Research is under way to improve our knowledge of the progress being made outside the part IIA regime. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Location Local authority area Date determination Steps taken Approximate area in notice issued hectares (ha) Irchester Landfill, Wellingborough 11 April 2000 -- 0-5 Irchester Ailsworth Road, Landfill, Peterborough 22 August 2001 Remediation statement 5-10 Helpston1 Ben Johnsons Pit, Helpston1 Peterborough 13 August 2001 Remediation statement 5-10 Tiptree Heath Garage, Maldon 17 April 2001 -- 0-5 Tiptree Hazel Way, St. Ives Huntingdonshire 2 May 2001 Remediation notice and 0-5 statement Newmarket Road and Ditton Cambridge 4 September 2001 -- 0-5 Walk, Cambridge Accommodation Lane, Stroud Stroud 14 August 2000 -- 0-5 Brades Rise, Oldbury Sandwell 27 June 2001 -- 5-10 Brookfields Marl Pit (Centre Stoke on Trent 5 October 2001 -- 0-5 Forest Park) Hanley Bransholme Landfill, Hull1 East Riding 22 March 2001 -- 0 Mirvale tarworks, Mirfield1 Kirklees 25 April 2001 Remediation statement 5-10 Woldgate Landfill, East Riding 5 June 2001 Remediation statement 10-15 Bridlington1 Furthergate Service Station, Blackburn with Darwen 5 March 2001 remediation notice 0-5 Blackburn Mallards Walk. Bamber Bridge Chorley 4 December 2000 Remediation statement 0-5 Old Goods Station, Carlisle Carlisle 12 October 2000 Remediation statement 0-5 Hoole Bank, Hoole Chester 25 September 2000 -- 0-5 Broomgrove Power Station, Hastings 18 August 2000 -- 0-5 Hastings Worston Road, Highbridge Sedgemoor 5 December 2001 -- 0-5 Selworthy Gardens, Nailsea North Somerset 8 November 2000 Remediation statement 0-5 Blaisdon, Yale South Gloucestershire 22 August 2000 remediation statement 0-5 Cranleigh Brick and Tile Waverley 7 August 2000 -- 0 Works, near Horsham1 Byker City Farm, Newcastle 22 May 2001 Remediation statement 0-5 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tindale Fell, Tindale Carlisle n/a -- 5-10 Station Crescent, Ashford Spelthorne 30 August 2000 Remediation statement 0-5 Mill Lane, Totley Sheffield 17 January 2001 Remediation statement 0-5 George Street garage, Milton Keynes 21 December 2001 Remediation statement 0-5 Bletchley Tinkers Bridge Park, Milton Milton Keynes 18 December 2001 -- 0-5 Keynes Dump E, RAF Portreath1 Kerrier 7 February 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Dump D, RAF Portreath1 Kerrier 7 February 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Dump C, RAF Portreath1 Kerrier 7 February 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Dump B, RAF Portreath1 Kerrier 7 February 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Dump A, RAF Portreath1 Kerrier 7 February 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Wantz Road Direct Services Barking 31 January 2001 Remediation statement 0-5 Operations Depot, Dagenham Moss Lane Allotments, Trafford 17 January 1900 -- 0-5 Altrincham St. Leonards Court, St. Albans 12 June 2002 -- 0-5 Sandridge1 Brambles End, Southminster Maldon 17June 2002 -- 0-5 Scotland Lodge, Cholderton Salisbury 24 July2002 -- 0-5 Well Close, Tonbridge Sevenoaks 21 June 2002 Remediation notice 0-5 Scholar's Court, Neston1 Ellesmere Port 22 July 2002 -- 5-10 Dapps Hill, Keynsham Bath 22 August 2002 Remediation statement 0-5 Coopers Walk, London E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Coopers Walk, London, E15 Newham 27 September 2002 -- 0-5 Furfield Quarry Landfill, Maidstone 25 October 2002 -- 5-10 Maidstone Carr Head, Hebden Bridge Calderdale 14 January 2003 -- 0-5 Green Works, Colne Pendle 8 January 2003 -- 5-10 Manywells Landfill, Bradford Bradford 16 January 2003 -- 0-5 Old Hampole Quarry, Doncaster 18 February 2003 -- 0-5 Doncaster1 Mullen Avenue, Milton Keynes Milton Keynes 20 February 2003 Remediation statement 0-5 Radcliffe Road Allotments Southampton 3 December 2002 -- 0-5 (North), Southampton Radcliffe Road Allotments Southampton 3 December 2002 -- 0-5 (South), Southampton The Bell House, Rushlake Wealden 1 May 2003 Remediation statement 0-5 Green Bayer Crop Science Ltd., South Cambridgeshire 3 June 2003 -- 0 Cambridge1 Ivatt Close, Bawtry1 Doncaster 19 May 2003 -- 0.3 Sherborne Landfill, West Dorset 31 July 2003 -- 0-5 Sherborne Moor Park, Clevedon North Somerset 4 September 2003 -- 0-5 Albright and Wilson Works, Copeland 27 August 2002 -- 0 Whitehaven1 Area A12Q1, AWE Aldermaston1 West Berkshire 1 December 2003 -- 0-5 Gibbwin, Great Linford Milton Keynes 9 July 2003 Remediation statement 0-5 Bransholme Landfill, Hull 22 March 2001 -- 0 Kingston upon Hull1 Stretton Sugwas Landfill, Herefordshire 17 July 2002 -- 15-20 Hereford Contamination Location Metals and Inorganic compounds Organic compounds Gas/ Other metalloids vapours Irchester Landfill, N N N Y N Irchester Ailsworth Road, Landfill, Y Y Y N List 1 Substances Helpston1 Ben Johnsons Pit, Helpston1 Y Y Y N List 1 Substances Tiptree Heath Garage, N N Y N N Tiptree Hazel Way, St. Ives N N Y N N Newmarket Road and Ditton Y N N N N Walk, Cambridge Accommodation Lane, Stroud N N N N Asbestos Brades Rise, Oldbury N N N Y N Brookfields Marl Pit N N N Y N (Centre Forest Park) Hanley Bransholme Landfill, Hull1 N Y N N N Mirvale tarworks, Mirfield1 Y Y Y N Pesticides Woldgate Landfill, Y Y N N N Bridlington1 Furthergate Service N N Y N N Station, Blackburn Mallards Walk. Bamber N N N Y N Bridge Old Goods Station, Carlisle N N Y N N Hoole Bank, Hoole N N Y N N Broomgrove Power Station, N N N N Asbestos Hastings Worston Road, Highbridge N N Y N N Selworthy Gardens, Nailsea N N Y N N Blaisdon, Yale N N Y N N Cranleigh Brick and Tile Y Y N N Dieldrin Works, near Horsham1 (pesticide) Byker City Farm, Y N N N N Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tindale Fell, Tindale Y N N N N Station Crescent, Ashford Y Y Y Y N Mill Lane, Totley Y N N N N George Street garage, N N Y N N Bletchley Tinkers Bridge Park, Milton N N N N Asbestos Keynes Dump E, RAF Portreath1 Y Y N N N Dump D, RAF Portreath1 Y Y N N N Dump C, RAF Portreath1 Y Y Y N N Dump B, RAF Portreath1 Y Y Y N N Dump A, RAF Portreath1 N N Y N N Wantz Road Direct Services Y N Y N N Operations Depot, Dagenham Moss Lane Allotments, Y N N N N Altrincham St. Leonards Court, N N N N Bromate and Bromide Sandridge1 Brambles End, Southminster N N N N Asbestiform Materials Scotland Lodge, Cholderton Y N N N N Well Close, Tonbridge N N Y Y N Scholar's Court, Neston1 Y N Y Y N Dapps Hill, Keynsham N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N N Y N N Furfield Quarry Landfill, N N N Y N Maidstone Carr Head, Hebden Bridge N N N N Y Green Works, Colne N N N N N Manywells Landfill, Y N Y Y N Bradford Old Hampole Quarry, Y Y Y Y N Doncaster1 Mullen Avenue, Milton N N N N Y Keynes Radcliffe Road Allotments Y N N N N (North), Southampton Radcliffe Road Allotments Y N N N N (South), Southampton The Bell House, Rushlake N N Y N N Green Bayer Crop Science Ltd., N Y Y N Pesticides Cambridge1 Ivatt Close, Bawtry1 Y N Y N N Sherborne Landfill, N Y N N Iron (and Ammonia) Sherborne Moor Park, Clevedon N N Y Y N Albright and Wilson Works, Y Y Y N N Whitehaven1 Area A12Q1, AWE N N Y N N Aldermaston1 Gibbwin, Great Linford N N N N Asbestos Bransholme Landfill, N Y N N N Kingston upon Hull1 Stretton Sugwas Landfill, N N N Y N Hereford Receptor(s) Location Controlled waters Human beings Ecological systems Property in the Other property form of buildings Irchester Landfill, N Y N N N Irchester Ailsworth Road, Landfill, Y N N N N Helpston1 Ben Johnsons Pit, Helpston1 Y N N N N Tiptree Heath Garage, N Y N N N Tiptree Hazel Way, St. Ives N Y N Y N Newmarket Road and Ditton N Y N N N Walk, Cambridge Accommodation Lane, Stroud N Y N N N Brades Rise, Oldbury N Y N Y N Brookfields Marl Pit N Y N N N (Centre Forest Park) Hanley Bransholme Landfill, Hull1 Y N N N N Mirvale tarworks, Mirfield1 Y N N N N Woldgate Landfill, Y N N N N Bridlington1 Furthergate Service Y Y N Y N Station, Blackburn Mallards Walk. Bamber N Y N Y N Bridge Old Goods Station, Carlisle Y Y N Y Y Hoole Bank, Hoole Y N N N N Broomgrove Power Station, N Y N N N Hastings Worston Road, Highbridge N Y N N N Selworthy Gardens, Nailsea N Y N Y N Blaisdon, Yale N Y N N Y Cranleigh Brick and Tile Y N N N N Works, near Horsham1 Byker City Farm, N Y N N N Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tindale Fell, Tindale N Y Y N N Station Crescent, Ashford N Y N N N Mill Lane, Totley N Y N N N George Street garage, Y Y N N N Bletchley Tinkers Bridge Park, Milton N Y N N N Keynes Dump E, RAF Portreath1 Y N N N N Dump D, RAF Portreath1 Y N N N N Dump C, RAF Portreath1 Y N N N N Dump B, RAF Portreath1 Y N N N N Dump A, RAF Portreath1 Y N N N N Wantz Road Direct Services Y N N N N Operations Depot, Dagenham Moss Lane Allotments, N Y N N N Altrincham St. Leonards Court, Y N N N N Sandridge1 Brambles End, Southminster N Y N N N Scotland Lodge, Cholderton N Y N N N Well Close, Tonbridge N Y N N N Scholar's Court, Neston1 Y Y N Y N Dapps Hill, Keynsham N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Coopers Walk, London, E15 N Y N N N Furfield Quarry Landfill, N Y N Y N Maidstone Carr Head, Hebden Bridge N Y N N N Green Works, Colne Y Y Y N N Manywells Landfill. Y Y N N N Bradford Old Hampole Quarry, Y Y N N N Doncaster1 Mullen Avenue, Milton N Y N N N Keynes Radcliffe Rd Allotments N Y N N N (North), Southampton Radcliffe Rd Allotments N Y N N N (South), Southampton The Bell House, Rushlake Y Y N Y N Green Bayer Crop Science Ltd., Y N N N N Cambridge1 Ivatt Close, Bawtry1 Y Y N N N Sherborne Landfill, Y N N N N Sherborne Moor Park, Clevedon N Y N Y N Albright and Wilson Works, Y N N N N Whitehaven1 Area A12Q1, AWE Y Y N N N Aldermaston1 Gibbwin, Great Linford N Y N N N Bransholme Landfill, Y N N N N Kingston upon Hull1 Stretton Sugwas Landfill, N Y N Y N Hereford _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Special site.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

420 c1004-12W; 165806;165807;165808

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Contamination Land Hazardous substances Local government Pollution Pollution control Location

Contains statistics

Yes

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