NCLOG

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The National Contaminated Land Officers Group (NCLOG) brings together contaminated land professionals working in local authorities. NCLOG’s mission is “to act as the voice for contaminated land officers in the UK and promote consistency across the sector."

NCLOG membership involves: 

  • Discussion spaces with other contaminated land officers
  • Webinars & guidance on contaminated land issues 
  • NCLOG newsletter, providing updates on NCLOG activities & wider EPIC activities 
  • The opportunity to shape NCLOG’s work through joining working groups, feeding into new guidance, reports and consultation responses and suggesting new projects 

NCLOG membership is available for Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) members who are contaminated land officers. If you are an EPIC member and would like to join NCLOG, then please contact NCLOG Officer Ellie Savage (ellie@the-ies.org). All NCLOG members must adhere to the NCLOG Code of Conduct.

NCLOG Committee

NCLOG is governed by the NCLOG Committee:

  • Co-chairs: Ann Barker & Sally Shaw 
  • Events: Anthony McNicol 
  • Regional representative Liaison: Hallan Sambrooke 
  • Communications: Laura Furlong and Rebekah Norbury 
  • Representative on Land Condition Community: Anita Metelko 
  • Committee members without portfolio:  Phil Mason, Lucie Watson, David Carr, Thomas Brown, Sarah Hamill, John Rhoades, Don Payne, David Rudland 
  • NCLOG Officer: Ellie Savage

NCLOG's recent & current work:

For more information, please contact NCLOG's Officer Ellie Savage (ellie@the-ies.org).

History of NCLOG

The concept of a National Contaminated Land Officer Group was developed in 2018 by Anita Metelko, Ann Barker, Julia Reynolds and Sarah Greenhough, CLOs from the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. A survey of CLOs confirmed that there was a large appetite across the UK to form a national body.   

NCLOG was launched in 2019 at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton. The Interim Steering Committee established the initial governance of NCLOG, setting up a membership application system and contacting regional CLOGs across the UK. The work of NCLOG began in earnest at this time with regular events and consultation responses. NCLOG activities were restricted during the Covid 19 pandemic, but by 2021 the organisation was developing apace and had become the ‘go to’ organisation for those wishing to engage with CLOs; running training events and webinars, presenting at conferences and publishing guidance. NCLOG has continued to maintain close links with regional CLOGs, as well as working closely with government and other key stakeholders, and is represented on the National Brownfield Forum.

NCLOG joined the IES family in January 2025 to continue to develop its operations, reach and influence, and support collaboration across environmental professional communities.