The Environment and Strategy Cabinet Member of North Lincolnshire Council met on 18 September 2025 to discuss and approve the updated Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy 2025-2030, which will be published on the council's website following the incorporation of feedback. This strategy outlines how the council will identify and manage potentially contaminated land within the region, in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy 2025-2030

The council approved the Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy 2025-2030 and agreed to publish it on the council's website after incorporating relevant feedback.

The Director: Communities presented a report highlighting the necessity of updating the council's approach to managing contaminated land. North Lincolnshire is known for its steel making, associated industries and agriculture, which have left an extensive legacy of historical contaminated land . The council is legally required to have an organised and planned strategic approach, to ensure that the council ambition on safe and healthy outcomes for people and place could be delivered.

Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 places a duty on councils to identify and inspect potentially contaminated land in a rational, ordered, and efficient way, in accordance with a written strategy. The council's original Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy (CLIS) was published in June 2001, and has not been updated since. The updated strategy is required due to changes in contaminated land policy, regulation and guidance since 2001.

The report noted that approximately 3,198 sites have been identified as potentially contaminated land requiring further consideration and detailed inspection. The council aims to collaborate with landowners and other stakeholders to ensure proportionate measures are taken to manage potential risks from land contamination.