You need to follow link to the Wikipedia.org page to read this part of the entry, but I thought it was so interesting…and frustrating…. that after 25 years of effort and billions of pounds, only about 8 square kilometers of brownfields have been cleaned and re-used. I guess if it was easy, everybody would be doing it…

Brownfield status is a condition, within certain legal exclusions and additions, of real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant, which may include petroleum hydrocarbon releases. Brownfield status generally means there are use or development restrictions on the site.

In town planning, brownfield land is an area of land previously used or built upon, as opposed to greenfield land which has never been built upon. Brownfield status is a legal designation which places restrictions, conditions or incentives on redevelopment.

Read Remainder of Entry at Wikipedia.org Brownfield Status Page - click here.

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