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Contaminated Land - Scotland

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Land is legally defined as 'contaminated' where substances are causing or could cause significant harm to people, property or protected species as well as causing significant pollution to surface waters (for example lakes and rivers) or groundwater.

Land can become contaminated by a variety of substances, from heavy metals to agricultural waste. The environmental, financial and legal implications of this can be substantial.

The management and remediation of contaminated land that, in its current state, is causing or has the potential to cause significant harm or significant pollution of the water environment, is regulated by legislation and underpinned by the core principles of the 'polluter pays' and a 'suitable for use approach'.

Local authorities are the primary regulator for the contaminated land regime (SEPA also has certain responsibilities within the scope of the legislation) to regulate activities and assist in the management and remediation of contaminated land.

Contaminated Land can go through remediation work and this dataset attempts to collect that detail. However, when a site has been remediated, it becomes suitable for the current use (at the time of remediation), and that this doesn't mean the site is 'clean' or has no contamination. Further assessment/remediation may be required should there be any change of use or new planning application etc.

The current regulation regarding Contaminated Land is contained within the Environmental Protection Act (1990) known as Part IIA. Part IIA is further established in Scotland by the Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/178), as amended and the Scottish Government’s Statutory Guidance: Edition 2 provides the detailed framework for the definition, identification and remediation of contaminated land.

THIS SPATIAL DATASET IS ONLY CONFIRMED (AND REMEDIATED) CONTAMINATED LAND AND DOES NOT INCLUDE 'POTENTIALLY' CONTAMINATED LAND.

Dataset Created
11/06/2021
Licence
Open
Contact
Improvement Service
Nazadnje posodobljeno
22/02/2024
Data Provided by
Improvement Service
Alternative Name
cntml
Lineage
This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub. The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data: - Polygons are dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority. - The minimum polygon area allows in the data is 5 square meters - Checks for invalid geometry types - The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees - Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data - Duplicate key names for polygons are not removed - Polygons with no key names are not removed - Checks for basic geometry i.e. self-intersection No errors or issues were found in this dataset.
SSDI Link (External Site)
Frequency of Update
as needed
Formats:
WFS WMS SHAPEFILE GEOJSON
site_ref site_name local_authority url date_designated remediated date_remediated la_s_code
FM000620 BLACKDOG BEACH Aberdeenshire None None No None S12000034
FM000029 BLACKDOG FARM LANDFILL Aberdeenshire None None No None S12000034
MR000051 Huntly Gasworks Aberdeenshire None None No None S12000034
FM000056 Pelikan Aberdeenshire None None No None S12000034
None Aucheninnes Old Landfill Dumfries and Galloway None None Yes None S12000006
None Former Tannery, Reid Terrace, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart Dumfries and Galloway None None Yes None S12000006
None Gas Works, Fisher Street Car Park Dumfries and Galloway None None Yes None S12000006
None Gas Works, Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway None None No None S12000006
None Hoods Loaning, Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway None None Yes None S12000006
None Moffat Gas Works Dumfries and Galloway None None Yes None S12000006
Format Nazadnje posodobljeno
CSV 30/01/2024
WFS 30/01/2024
WMTS 30/01/2024
Shapefile 30/01/2024
Viri Format Nazadnje posodobljeno
Contaminated Land WFS 30/01/2024 More info
Child Dataset(s) Viri Nazadnje posodobljeno
Contaminated Land - Highland 3 03/02/2022 More info
Contaminated Land - Stirling 0 More info