Recycling a brownfield

The The Hauts de France Public Land Establishment (EPF) was created to recycle brownfields. Acting on behalf of local authorities, the EPF acquires these obsolete and vacant sites whose configuration no longer meets market needs.
It manages waste (asbestos in particular), deconstruction, promoting circular economy approaches, treating concentrated sources of pollution, and pre-greening.
The establishment's intervention makes it possible to put back on the market properties that had left it, to reduce the risks associated with the dangerousness of these sites, and to improve the image and attractiveness of the neighborhoods where they are located. The EPF covers 50 to 80% of the cost of studies and works.

Eligible projects

Projects aimed at developing housing supply, economic development, revitalizing city centers and town centers, risk management, biodiversity protection/restoration, UNESCO heritage enhancement, constitution of land reserves

Eligible expenses

• Land acquisition and holding
• Preliminary studies
• Waste and pollution source treatment
• Deconstruction works
• Renaturation