If you are going to be redevelop some of the UK’s vast legacy of previously used sites this year, what can you expect to be different in 2008? Legislation and guidance documents present a bewildering array of issues that need to be considered before and during any significant investment in brownfield-regeneration projects.

With many Local Authorities taking a very broad brush view of what they consider to be previously developed land, it seems as though the majority of developments will require some form of environmental investigation. Here are some of the issues that are currently evolving and which you might want to consider in your decision making.