What is the Industrial History of Thurrock?
Thurrock Borough Councils position on the north bank of the River Thames in Essex has given rise to a diverse industrial history which includes mineral extraction, oil storage and refining, paper manufacture, cement works, power stations, bulk chemical production, gas works and landfill sites, which in turn has left a legacy of potential land contamination known as brownfield sites. Some of these former industrial sites are now being re-developed for housing, particularly through the Thames Thurrock Gateway Development Corporation (external link). On 1 April 2000 the Government introduced legislation, Part IIA Environment Protection Act 1990 (external link), to address land contamination and bring brownfield sites back into beneficial use. Responsibility for implementation of this legislation has been placed with local authorities. The means by which Thurrock Council will implement this legislation and identify and manage land damaged by previous industrial activity has been published
