Guidance

Managing and reducing land contamination: guiding principles (GPLC)

Offering guidance people who cause contamination, affected land owners and developers.

Documents

GPLC2 - FAQ's, technical information, detailed advice and references

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Details

This guidance aims to:

  • help clarify roles and responsibilities
  • encourage compliance with regulatory requirements, or avoid the need for regulation
  • guide you toward authoritative guidance and advice in other documents
Published 26 March 2010
Last updated 13 April 2016 + show all updates
  1. Removed GPLC1 - Guiding Principles for land contamination introduction (English) and GPLC3 - Reporting checklists. The remaining document signposts users to other GPLC guidance and advice they need.

  2. First published.