Contaminated Land (Confirmed) - Scotland
cntml
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
https://data.spatialhub.scot/dataset/contaminated_land-is
protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: Contaminated Land - Scotland
description: A link to the CKAN metadata record on the Spatial Hub. A direct link to the OGC Web Feature Service and Web Map Service is available here.
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protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: EDINA Digimap Service
description: EDINA Digimap Service
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/178/regulation/2/made
protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: The Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000
description: Land required to be designated as a special site
function: information
protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: Policy guidance
description: Environmental Protection Act 1990 - Part IIA Contaminated Land: statutory guidance edition 2
function: information
sh_cntml
www.spatialhub.scot
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environment
Human health and safety
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
publication
2008-06-01
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revision
2023-01-25
asNeeded
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.
publication
2010-12-08
false
OGC:WMC
1.3.0
Limitations on public access
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the PSGA (Public Sector Geospatial Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
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The Improvement Service
Livingston
EH54 6AX
United Kingdom
01506 282012
spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk
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