Contaminated land and flood management

Environmental law is the body of law that seeks to protect the environment. It impacts a local authority (LA) both in terms of its own compliance with key themes but also as the local authority has statutory duties of enforcement and powers of remediation.

This subtopic provides an overview of some of the key areas of responsibility for a LA in relation to environmental protection, namely in relation to contaminated land and flood protection. For fuller and deeper coverage of environmental law, reference should be made to Lexis+® UK Environment (subject to subscription).

This Contaminated land and flood management topic is part of a series of topics in the Lexis+® UK Environmental law and climate change topic. Other topics on the environment and climate change include:

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   Environmental information regulation

2. •

   Air quality and emissions—overview

3. •

   Energy efficiency in buildings—overview

4. •

   Low carbon transition and renewable projects—overview

In the UK, the Climate Change Act 2008 forming the legislative basis for carbon reduction targets, with a legally binding target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 100%, or net zero, from 1990 levels by