Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75421

Construction: Hazardous Substances

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to builders when building on historic dump sites of fly ash.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued the following guiding principles on how planning can deal with all forms of land contamination: Land affected by contamination - GOV.UK. In addition to this, the Environment Agency publi...

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