Contaminated Land

An area may be labelled as contaminated land if it has the potential to cause significant harm due to substances in, on or under the land, or where there is likely to be pollution of controlled water. The harm may be to human health, plants, property, crops, livestock, ecological systems or ancient monuments and archaeological sites.

The situation in Cheltenham - Some land within the borough may be contaminated due to past industrial use. As part of its contaminated land inspection strategy, the council is in the process of inspecting sites to see if they present an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. Where significant harm has been proven or there is a possibility of significant harm, such land is formally determined as contaminated land.

The council maintains a public register of land that has been formally determined as contaminated land.

一块区域若因其内部、表面或地下所含物质具有造成重大损害的潜在风险，或存在污染受控水源的可能性，则可能被标记为污染土地。此类损害可能对人类健康、植物、财产、农作物、家畜、生态系统或古代遗迹及考古遗址造成影响。至于切尔滕汉姆地区的情况，由于过去的工业使用，该市辖区内的部分土地可能已被污染。作为其污染土地检查策略的一部分，市政委员会正在对场地进行审查，以评估其是否对人类健康或环境构成不可接受的风险。一旦证实存在重大损害或存在重大损害的可能性，此类土地将被正式认定为污染土地。市政委员会维护一份已正式认定为污染土地的公共登记册。