Useful links

The following links may also be useful:

Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Governmental body responsible for legislation of contaminated land issues

Environment Agency
Advisory body to DEFRA on environmental issues, including land contamination. Regulate current landfill operations and some more recent historical landfill sites

Health and Safety Executive
Fuel storage, Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) sites

Health Protection Agency
Health advice in relation to land contamination

Food Standards Agency
Advice for gardeners and allotment holders

Coal Authority
Coal mining, mineshaft and subsidence, etc, searches

Contaminated Land and Water Working Group
Working group for Greater Manchester authorities

National House-Building Council (NHBC)
Produce building standards and provide warranties for new homes

UK Radon
The UK reference site on radon, from the Health Protection Agency

Greater Manchester Fire Service
Licensed petroleum sites

Greater Manchester Geological Unit
Licensed landfill sites and early waste disposal records

Environmental Protection UK
UK association of environmental protection specialists

This page was last updated on 27 June 2011