Buying Commercial Property · glossary
Land the council decides is causing, or seriously risks, significant harm or water pollution. The council can then require a clean-up under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Whoever caused or knowingly permitted it pays first, and the owner only if nobody of that kind can be found. Chapter 6 · see Closure report
Explained in Chapter 6, Searches, of Buying Commercial Property.
Nothing leaked, but the file still matters. Land is contaminated land when the council decides that something in or under it is causing significant harm or significant water pollution, or seriously risks either. The council can then require a clean-up under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.Read Chapter 6, Searches →
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