We hold information about land that could be contaminated from previous or current use. We report on sites that have been treated throughout the borough.
A search costs £127.13 including VAT.
The search includes information about:
- historic land use
- current or previous planning activities known to us at the time of the request
- groundwater, waste and landfill sites and pollution incidents known to the team
- potential contaminative land use of the surrounding area within a 250 metre radius
- anything else that could inform the search
The amount of information varies depending on the site and the information available to us.
We cannot state in the search that the site will not be designated as contaminated in the future. This is because we're awaiting site prioritisation under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Request a search
To find out more and request a search, contact Environmental Protection, by:
Email: pollution-regulation@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8921 8921 or 020 8921 8166
New building developments
Developers must carry out extensive assessments on ground gases and soil investigations, either:
- before planning permission is approved
- under the conditions attached to the planning consent
Radon
The Health Protection Agency reported there's a 1% to 3% chance of properties in the borough being in a radon affected area.
To find out about risk in your area, you can buy a postcode-specific risk report from the UK radon website.
Find out more about radon (UK radon website).
Requests via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
Sometimes we get contaminated land search requests as FOI or EIR requests.
Regulation 8(8) of EIR requires all public authorities to publish and make available to applicants a schedule of charges and information on the circumstances in which a charge may be made or waived.
Article 5(2) of the Directive provides:
Public authorities may make a charge for supplying any environmental information but such charge shall not exceed a reasonable amount but that:
(8) a public authority shall publish and make available to applicants
(a) a schedule of its charges; and
(b) information on the circumstances in which a charge may be made or waived.
As we publish the charges, these requests are chargeable.