A review of the main legal tools available for the regeneration of brownfield sites
Large areas, left derelict with the decline of our heavy industry, are “a wasted resource that represents a time when sustainability was an alien concept” according to Michael Spence and Alicia McKay, of McGrigor Donald, in
The authors consider, inter alia: the recent introduction of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (new contaminated land powers); the adoption by planning authorities of sequential tests for retail, leisure and other proposals – thus reducing access to greenfield sites; the need for an environmental assessment of most proposals for major developments; and the implementation of the 1996 EC Directive on integrated pollution prevention and control.
A review of the main legal tools available for the regeneration of brownfield sites
Large areas, left derelict with the decline of our heavy industry, are “a wasted resource that represents a time when sustainability was an alien concept” according to Michael Spence and Alicia McKay, of McGrigor Donald, in Regenerative Powers Estates Gazette 23 September 2000, p190.
The authors consider, inter alia: the recent introduction of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (new contaminated land powers); the adoption by planning authorities of sequential tests for retail, leisure and other proposals – thus reducing access to greenfield sites; the need for an environmental assessment of most proposals for major developments; and the implementation of the 1996 EC Directive on integrated pollution prevention and control.
