Contaminated Land

Contacts for Contaminated Land in the Council

An indication of the issues you may wish to discuss with the Environmental Protection Unit are provided below.

Contaminated Land Officer

• If your not sure who to contact
• Have technical enquiries relating to contaminated land issues
• Have enquiries about the contaminated land regime
• For planning and building control issues being dealt with directly by the Contaminated Land Officer
• In the absence of other officers

Assistant Contaminated Land Officer

• If you wish to discuss environmental searches
• For planning and building control issues being dealt with directly by an Officer

Assistant Technical Officer

• If you wish to arrange for an internal gas monitoring visit

Other Officers within the Council

Other officers within the Council (listed below by service) also carry out work on contaminated land issues, although not necessarily on a full time basis.

• Environmental Protection Unit - other officers within Environmental Protection also deal with issues relating to contamination issues. For example, removal of asbestos, authorised processes and air quality may have implications for contaminated land issues.
  
  
• Engineering Services - apply for funding for investigations/remediation and take care of the tendering process and management of certain site investigation/remediation works.
  
  
• Legal Services - advise the Contaminated Land Service on legal issues and arrange for appropriate representation were necessary.
  
  
• Planning Authority - The Contaminated land Service liases closely with Planning Officers and Planning Enforcement continue to enforce non compliance’s of any contaminated conditions attached to decision notices of planning applications.
  
  
• Building Control - The Contaminated Land Service liases closely with Building Control to ensure that contaminated land issues are dealt under the Building Regulations. Building control officers deal directly with certain types of contaminated land issues such as installation of gas measures in property for certain situations.

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Environmental Protection Unit Tameside MBC Council Offices Wellington Road Ashton under Lyne OL6 6DL  View local map
0161 342 2691 / 0161 342 3680
0161 342 2273