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Agriculture and industry
Agriculture and industry
Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (Natural Resources Wales)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Defra - Farming
Defra - Land management
Defra - Rural grants payments
Defra - Water
Environment Agency
Natural England
Rural Payments Agency
Scottish Government - The Scottish Soil Framework
Construction
Rammed earth construction
Earth Building UK & Ireland
The Getty conservation Institute
Soils and foundations for construction
Physical properties and behaviour of UK rocks and soils
UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC)
Contaminated land
UK Gov - contaminated land
Contaminated Land and Your Home - Environmental Protection UK
Contaminated land | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
CL:aire
Contaminated land – The Law Society
Radon
UKradon
Naturally occuring Radon (BGS publication [pdf])
Industry
BSI - BS 8601:2013
Specification for subsoil and requirements for use
BSI - BS 3882:2015
Specification for topsoil
BSI - BS EN ISO 11074:2015
Soil quality. Vocabulary
CIRIA
is the construction industry research and information association
Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE)
keeps a register of materials and services which may fall within the Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP)
Construction Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites
Tim O'Hare and Associates
Topsoil -
British Sugar
Topsoil -
Freeland
Topsoil -
Green Tree
Town and Country Planning
UK Government
Using manufactured topsoil for recovery operations
WRAP –
Waste and Resources Action Programme
WRAP –
Guidance on the use of compost in topsoil manufacture
Additional soil guidance
DEFRA:
A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment
DEFRA:
Protecting our water, soil and air
. Best practice advice on minimising the risk of causing pollution while protecting natural resources
DEFRA:
Code of practice for the sustainable use of soils on construction sites
DEFRA:
Guidance explaining the use of soil guideline values (SGV) to asses the long-term exposure of chemicals in soil on human health
DEFRA, RPA, Forestry Commission, Natural England
Countryside Stewardship