Asbestos Surveys
Asbestos management, surveys, and removal works. 249 UK councils have discussed asbestos surveys in monitored meetings — track who, where and how the conversation is moving.
What councils are saying about asbestos surveys
Asbestos Surveys is one of the procurement themes QuorumInsight tracks across UK local government, detected in 7,812 meeting mentions spanning 249 councils. Every mention comes from an analysed council meeting — a cabinet decision, a committee discussion or a budget report — so this is a picture of what councils are actually planning and debating, not a directory of published tenders.
Discussion has cooled quarter-on-quarter: there were 630 mentions in the last three months, against 763 in the three months before. For suppliers, that matters because activity in a council meeting typically precedes any formal procurement by months. Reading it early is the difference between shaping a requirement and responding to one.
Mentions over the last 12 months
Monthly asbestos surveys mentions across all monitored UK councils, by meeting date. The current month is excluded while it is still in progress.
Most active councils
Waverley Borough Council in South East is the most active authority on asbestos surveys, with 205 mentions across 205 monitored meetings — around 3% of all asbestos surveys discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Housing Repairs & Data” meeting on 30 Jun 2026.
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (186 mentions) and Southwark London Borough Council (182) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Waverley Borough Council | South East | 205 |
| Tower Hamlets London Borough Council | London | 186 |
| Southwark London Borough Council | London | 182 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | London | 181 |
| Glasgow City Council | Scotland | 132 |
| Flintshire County Council | Wales | 124 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | Wales | 121 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | East of England | 114 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | East of England | 110 |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | Wales | 107 |
| Newham London Borough Council | London | 104 |
| Thanet District Council | South East | 104 |
In councils’ own words
Recent meetings where asbestos surveys came up, with the relevant passage from the discussion. Each meeting links to the council’s intelligence profile.
New Forest District Council · Assets, Housing & Finance · 1 Jul 2026
“… known as the big seven, which are the which are the major the major measures we do for for our our business buildings. One particular measure is asbestos. Asbestos, you'll be pleased to know, is something that we want to do well at in this district council. It is not a statutory requirement as oppo …”
City of London Corporation · Barbican Repairs & Lifts · 29 Jun 2026
“On page 40, asbestos, last paragraph on the 2.2 asbestos. Due to resourcing constraints and competing operational pressures, Eaton Environmental has been granted a on …”
Portsmouth City Council · Audit, Planning & Policy · 23 Jun 2026
“Hi, Lizzie. I've got a few questions about the audit progress report. First one I've got is on my number is a little page 13, asbestos. And it's the narrative there. The high risk exception was raised as testing found on 11% of the properties, etcetera, etcetera. The resource has …”
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council · Winklebury Lease · 9 Jun 2026
“… r the site but the same story comes back every time the building design isn't suited for modern offices. uh it would require us to remove all the asbestos and also remove um uh all the sort of heating systems and ventilation systems that are no longer fit for modern standards. Uh as a result we'd pr …”
Stroud District Council · Housing Delivery and Repairs · 9 Jun 2026
“… doing as a service now. Importantly, compliance levels, so where we've talked a lot over recent committees around safety measures, so with fire, asbestos, water, lifts, they're all at 100% at the end of March.”
Hillingdon London Borough Council · Planning, Housing & Sports · 4 Jun 2026
“… oint. The contamination which could have been caused by the was a garage there I'm assuming at some point was there? So the garage could have had asbestos but that's none the wiser. If we could have that condition for testing the ground that would be good. My other one is we can't add we can't do ch …”
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