... regeneration and contaminated land. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses results from a two‐stage survey of commercial and residential developers carried out in mid‐2004, underpinned by structured interviews with 11 developers. Findings The results suggest that housebuilding on brownfield...

...Alastair Adair; Nelson Chan Purpose The paper seeks to ascertain if there exists a uniform approach towards reporting on contaminated land in practice standards employed in Australia and the UK. The UK is a highly industrialised country and Australia is less so. The paper also tries to find out...

...Miles Keeping There has been much discussion in the academic and practitioner press about the valuation of contaminated land. Most of this discussion has centred upon the various techniques that can be used to determine an “appropriate figure” and what the effect, if any, might be of contamination...

...Sandy Bond The “stigma” associated with remediated contaminated land is the blighting effect on property value caused by perceived risk and uncertainty. Uncertainties relate to negative intangible factors such as the inability to effect a total “cure”, the risk of failure of the remediation method...

...Sandy G. Bond; Paul J. Kennedy Increasing litigation involving land contamination and an escalation in the number of incidents where property owners have suffered financial losses from these cases has resulted in negative impacts on property values and greater risks associated with investments...

...‐making process. Issues such as the environmental and economic cost of reclaiming or remediating land will assume an importance which does not exist with greenfield sites. The potential for harm, both to human beings and to the wider environment, will have to be considered, especially if any contamination...

...Tim Richards The background section outlines the origin of the contamination problem and describes how contamination is caused and affects humans and their environment. This section is a very useful summary, presents definitions of the key terms and describes how contamination issues...

...Sandy Bond; William N. Kinnard, Jr; Elaine M. Worzala; Steven D. Kapplin While numerous studies have been carried out in the US to determine the character and scope of the effects of contaminated, threatened or “stigmatized” properties on the terms and availability of debt financing, little appears...

...Paul Syms UK government policy regarding the clean‐up of contaminated land favours treatments which are appropriate to the actual or proposed use of the land. This suitable‐for‐use approach predicates against the total removal of contaminated soil and in favour of in situ remedies. Any...

...Tim Richards States that the issue of contamination can have a substantial impact on land and property values. Reviews contaminated land valuation theory from the USA and the UK. Describes methods employed to determine “best practice” valuation approaches for the valuation of contaminated land...

...Paul Syms The valuation of properties affected by environmental impairment presents valuers with many problems, not least of which is the identification of those properties which may be so affected. Offers a list of land use activities, together with the types of contamination which may be found...

... gain. Concludes that many in the property business will have to become more conversant with the mysteries of contamination. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Valuation Contamination Pollution Development grants Planning (Town and Country) Property Open market value Valuation of Contaminated...