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Contaminated Land (Confirmed) - Scotland
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.
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Identification info
- Alternative title
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cntml
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2024-08-21
- Identifier
- www.spatialhub.scot / sh_cntml
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Human health and safety
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Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No limitations on public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version OGC:WMC
1.3.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://data.spatialhub.scot/dataset/contaminated_land-is Contaminated Land - Scotland
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.spatialdata.gov.scot:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/b668874b-8c84-4f35-b104-c530bbea6cb2/formatters/xml EDINA Digimap Service
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/178/regulation/2/made The Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.gov.scot/publications/environmental-protection-act-1990-part-iia-contaminated-land-statutory-guidance/ Policy guidance
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/land/contaminated-land/ SEPA advice
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- b668874b-8c84-4f35-b104-c530bbea6cb2 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-08-21T13:24:25.469Z
- Metadata standard name
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UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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The Improvement Service
- Position name
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Spatial Hub Custodian
- Voice
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01506 282012
- City
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Livingston
- Administrative area
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West Lothian
- Postal code
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EH54 6AX
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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spatialhub@improvementservice.org spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk
- Role
- Point of contact