Asbestos Surveys
Asbestos management, surveys, and removal works. 322 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 12,880 meeting mentions spanning 322 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 been rising quarter-on-quarter: there were 1,572 mentions in the last three months, against 1,050 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
Maidstone Borough Council in South East is the most active authority on asbestos surveys, with 243 mentions across 243 monitored meetings — around 2% of all asbestos surveys discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Planning, Schools & Trees” meeting on 17 Sept 2026.
East Devon District Council (240 mentions) and Waverley Borough Council (215) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Maidstone Borough Council | South East | 243 |
| East Devon District Council | South West | 240 |
| Waverley Borough Council | South East | 215 |
| Tower Hamlets London Borough Council | London | 200 |
| Norwich City Council | East of England | 197 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | London | 193 |
| Southwark London Borough Council | London | 189 |
| Glasgow City Council | Scotland | 149 |
| Colchester City Council | East of England | 147 |
| Flintshire County Council | Wales | 147 |
| Mid Suffolk District Council | East of England | 139 |
| Derbyshire Dales District Council | East Midlands | 132 |
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.
Epping Forest District Council · Housing and Museum Services · 29 Sept 2026
“… st and foremost, the safety of our tenants and their homes remains our priority. We continue to report 100% compliance for fire risk assessments, asbestos management and water hygiene risk assessments. Gas safety compliance was 99.97 at the end of August, and electrical safety compliance has improve …”
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council · Council Readiness and Safety · 23 Sept 2026
“… w the council identifies, manages, and monitors risks associated with key compliance areas, including gas safety, electrical safety, fire safety, asbestos management, water safety, and lift safety, while also supporting wider housing quality objectives through proactive management and continuous imp …”
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Housing Pressures & SHG · 16 Sept 2026
“Compliance levels remain extremely high across the big six safety areas, which include gas, electrical, fire, asbestos, Legionella and lift safety. Performance during 25 slash 26 achieved 100 % compliance in gas safety, fire risk assessment, asbestos, Legionella a …”
Waverley Borough Council · Audit, Risk & Fraud · 16 Sept 2026
“I don't know whether I heard an update on the asbestous outstanding asbestos issues um and that had come up. I don't want to go into exempt or anything like that, but I think that um just looking at it on a higher level, I don't think there's anything for us to be concerned about on that.”
Thanet District Council · Planning and Winter Gardens · 16 Sept 2026
“Uh in relation to asbestos, the applicant has undertaken specialist surveys of the building uh with the refurbishment and demolition survey program ongoing. Surveys complet …”
Harlow District Council · Housing, Repairs & PSPOs · 14 Sept 2026
“Right. So our deep dive into asbestos flagged up that we're doing all the right things that we should be doing. It's just that our central system for recording that leaves something t …”
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