Coastal & Riverside Projects: What Bathing Water Scrutiny Means for Land Contamination

With bathing water quality moving up the regulatory agenda, coastal and riverside schemes face closer inspection of pollution pathways. If your site has legacy industrial uses or contains made ground, a contamination pathway to controlled waters can now be decisive. Our Contaminated Land team helps you evidence risk and mitigation early.

We combine historic land‑use review with conceptual site modelling to assess pollutant linkages, factoring surface water outfalls, ground‑water connectivity and construction phasing. Where risk is plausible, we scope targeted sampling to confirm source terms, then design proportionate remediation and verification so planners and stakeholders are satisfied.

For waterfront sites with public amenity areas, tying land quality to drainage and SuDS is critical. We coordinate with our Infiltration Testing and drainage specialists to ensure solutions manage both volume and quality.

Bring us in at pre‑app stage to minimise unknowns and protect your programme.