Contaminated land is land that poses a risk to people, the environment or property due to chemicals or other substances it contains. These are usually the result of a former industrial use.
We want to protect people, buildings and the environment from any risk of contamination.
Inspections
We inspect land that may be contaminated. We assess how potential contamination from the former industrial use may be affecting a site's current use. An example would be assessing the risk to homes built on land that was once the site of a former industry.
This part of our work could affect you if you're:
- a homeowner or occupier
- a landowner
- selling or buying a property or land
Advice and information
We give advice about new developments on land that may have been affected by contamination from a former industrial use.
An example of this would be a former industrial site where someone plans to build new houses.
This could affect you if you're:
- a developer
- planning to build on previously developed land
- buying or selling a new property built on previously developed land
We can help you find out about the history of individual sites, although there may be a charge for this information. This service is often used by home buyers, solicitors, environmental consultants and others.
Requesting environmental information
The way we provide environmental information – and the types of information we can provide – has changed. We can provide site-specific information for properties and plots of land across the Fife area, however we no longer provide our Environmental Enquiry reporting service.
We can provide information contained within our databases. The volume and type of information that’s available will vary for each site. Please see our Historical Land Use and District Landfill map below.
Note, that there are intermittent issues with the map. If you're unable to get the information you need, please email us contaminated.land@fife.gov.uk
We cannot provide information which is not owned by Fife Council (for example, historical maps, coal mining information, British Geological Survey data). However, the following links may be of use:
Any specific queries should be sent to Fife Council’s Information Requests Team (Information.Requests@fife.gov.uk) for processing as either an EIR or FOI request.
