CL:AIRE is a UK charity committed to providing a valuable service for all those involved in sustainable land reuse.
We develop training resources, disseminate information and act as a credible resource for all stakeholders, ensuring we remain at the cutting-edge of best practice and innovation.
Improving efficiency & raising standards
Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP), National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Affected by Contamination (NQMS), Asbestos in Soil, SuRF...
Supporting our Members
Find out about the benefits of becoming a CL:AIRE Principal or Supporter Member:- Member discounts, Networking, Working Groups, ...
Sharing Knowledge & Developing People
Water and Land Library ( WALL), Continuing Professional development through Training and workshops...
CL:AIRE works with its Members to raise awareness and pursue shared objectives in land, water and environmental management by collecting strategic industry information and developing industry initiatives that improve efficiency and save money.
The GPVS seeks to raise standards in membrane inspection, verification and reporting and provide confidence that risks associated with ground gases have been adequately managed.
The Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP) provides a clear, consistent and efficient process which enables the reuse of excavated materials on-site or their movement between sites.
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The National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Contamination Management (NQMS) is developed by the National Brownfield Forum to provide visible identification of documents that have been checked for quality.
CL:AIRE is seeking industry specialists help
November 2025
Phase 2 of updating the Department of Environment Industry Profiles project has begun and CL:AIRE is seeking help to identify specialists or industry groups that may have specific expertise in...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is seeking stakeholders’ views on three proposals:
To ensure the independence and impartiality of roles in the four-stage clearance process to further minimise the risk...
The European ISLANDR project has been exploring how recent developments in understanding could be integrated into sustainable and risk based land management, in particular expanding awareness of the importance of...
The Environment Agency is seeking views on the proposed updated guidance for Environmental Permitting: H5 site condition reporting and includes:
Environmental permitting: produce an application site condition report
Environmental permitting: maintain your...
The Environment agency is consulting on its proposed approach to reserving water abstraction rights. Further information is available here. The consultation closes 16 February 2026.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is seeking views on reforming the role of statutory consultees in the planning system in England. Further information is
The next Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme (GPVS) application window opens 1 January 2026 and closes 28 February 2026. The application window is open to Technician Grade and Specialist...
SEPA announces new referencing for groundwater guidance
November 2025
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)'s have recently revised their guidance documents reference numbers. This is due to the regulatory transition to Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations (EASR) that...
The Environment Agency and CL:AIRE have released a joint statement to update industry on the ongoing development of the Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice (DoW CoP). To...
Second International Soil Reuse Forum Meeting
October 2025
CL:AIRE was delighted to attend the second annual meeting of the International Soil Reuse Forum (ISRF) in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Grondbank. The meeting, held on 30 September, included colleagues...
CL:AIRE is pleased to announce the publication of a new DoW CoP bulletin (DoW CoP 2), Experience of using an MMP framework and staged declaration approach to MMPs on HS2 Align.
This...
CL:AIRE publishes updated SuRF-UK framework document
October 2025
CL:AIRE is delighted to publish the updated SuRF-UK framework document titled: A framework for assessing the sustainability of soil and groundwater remediation. This update provides a comprehensive approach to assessing...
The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) has published, Good Practice on Air Quality Monitoring for Brownfield Projects, which is freely available to download here .
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has recently announced that UK organisations can now apply for funding to collaborate on industrial research projects with partners in Eureka member countries and Japan.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has recently announced financial support for innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big environmental science questions and have the potential to produce world leading...
NBF seeks deputy chair nominations
October 2025
The National Brownfield Forum (NBF) is a knowledge sharing initiative administered by CL:AIRE on behalf of 20+ public and private sector members. The NBF is designed to support...
LPDF publishes report on Grey Belt
October 2025
The Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) has recently published a report on the impact of grey belt planning policy. It is available to download here.
GPVS audit report 2024 published
October 2025
CL:AIRE has recently published the results of the 2024 Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme (GPVS) audit. The report is available to download here.
Water4All has recently launched a Joint Transnational Call (JTC) for research and innovation projects on “Water and Health”. The JTC is launched in the framework of the future European partnership and...
CL:AIRE launches PFAS webpage
September 2025
CL:AIRE has launched a PFAS webpage - a compilation of information relevant to the understanding and management of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). On this page...
The Council of the European Union has formally adopted the soil monitoring directive, establishing the first-ever EU wide framework for assessing and monitoring soils, with the overarching aspirational goal of...