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The European Commission has issued its inaugural progress report on the EU CO₂ injection capacity target set under Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)......

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Environmental searches and investigations—overview

Environmental searches and investigations provide qualitative and/or quantitative evaluations of risk, considering possible effects on human health, buildings and services, ecological receptors or controlled waters that could arise from contamination or the activities of a business.

When are environmental searches and investigations instructed?


  • to meet the Law Society’s practice notes on contaminated land and flood risk in conveyancing transactions-see Practice Notes: Land contamination-Law Society practice note on contaminated land and Flooding-Law Society practice note on flood risk
  • as a consequence of a planning permission condition under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, implemented through the National Planning Policy Framework
  • to determine liabilities under various regimes and legislation, for example:
    • the contaminated land regime set out in Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990)
    • the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/810 (EDR England)
    • the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/995 (EDR Wales)
    • the environmental permitting regime set out in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1154
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