Asbestos Surveys Across the North of England

Asbestos Surveys Across the North of England

Asbestos Survey Services Across the North of England

HSG Asbestos Surveys is a BOHS-qualified asbestos surveying and sampling company based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. We carry out asbestos management surveys, refurbishment and demolition surveys, and asbestos sampling for residential, commercial and industrial properties across a wide area of the North of England — including West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Merseyside.

Our central location in West Yorkshire means we can reach most parts of the North efficiently, with minimal disruption to your site or tenants.

Asbestos Management Surveys

A management survey identifies asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in an occupied building that could be disturbed during normal use or routine maintenance. It produces a written asbestos register and management plan — a legal requirement for most non-domestic premises under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012). We carry out management surveys across the full breadth of our North of England coverage area.

Asbestos Refurbishment & Demolition Surveys

Before any refurbishment, extension or demolition work on a pre-2000 building, a refurbishment and demolition survey is a legal requirement. This intrusive survey locates all ACMs in the areas to be disturbed, including those hidden within floors, walls, ceilings and roof spaces. The North of England has an exceptionally large stock of Victorian, Edwardian and post-war buildings — mills, terraces, warehouses, schools and factories — where asbestos is commonly encountered.

Asbestos Sampling & Testing

Where you suspect a material may contain asbestos but are not certain, we can take a bulk sample and have it analysed at a UKAS-accredited laboratory. Results are typically returned within a few working days — a cost-effective first step before committing to a full survey or remediation programme.

Areas We Cover Across the North of England

We provide asbestos surveys across the following regions. Click any region heading or town link to find out more about our service in that area.

West Yorkshire

Our home region. We survey properties of all types across the full West Yorkshire area, from city centre commercial premises to rural agricultural buildings. West Yorkshire’s enormous stock of Victorian mills, post-war housing and industrial buildings means asbestos is commonly found across the region.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Batley	WF17	Asbestos Surveys Batley
Bradford	BD1–BD18	Asbestos Surveys Bradford
Brighouse	HD6	Asbestos Surveys Brighouse
Castleford	WF10	Asbestos Surveys Castleford
Cleckheaton	BD19	Asbestos Surveys Cleckheaton
Dewsbury	WF12–WF13	Asbestos Surveys Dewsbury
Elland	HX5	Asbestos Surveys Elland
Featherstone	WF7	Asbestos Surveys Featherstone
Halifax	HX1–HX3	Asbestos Surveys Halifax
Huddersfield	HD1–HD9	Asbestos Surveys Huddersfield
Ilkley	LS29	Asbestos Surveys Ilkley
Keighley	BD21–BD22	Asbestos Surveys Keighley
Knottingley	WF11	Asbestos Surveys Knottingley
Leeds	LS1–LS27	Asbestos Surveys Leeds
Pontefract	WF8	Asbestos Surveys Pontefract
Shipley	BD17–BD18	Asbestos Surveys Shipley
Wakefield	WF1–WF5	Asbestos Surveys Wakefield
Wetherby	LS22–LS23	Asbestos Surveys Wetherby

East Yorkshire

We cover East Yorkshire including Hull and the surrounding market towns. The region has a significant stock of older housing and industrial buildings, particularly around Hull’s riverside and dock areas.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Beverley	HU17	Asbestos Surveys Beverley
Bridlington	YO15–YO16	Asbestos Surveys Bridlington
Driffield	YO25	Asbestos Surveys Driffield
Goole	DN14	Asbestos Surveys Goole
Hull	HU1–HU9	Asbestos Surveys Hull
Market Weighton	YO43	Asbestos Surveys Market Weighton
Pocklington	YO42	Asbestos Surveys Pocklington

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire’s diverse building stock — from spa towns like Harrogate and Ripon to the Georgian streets of York and the rural market towns of the Dales — includes many properties where asbestos may be present. We cover the full North Yorkshire area.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Harrogate	HG1–HG3	Asbestos Surveys Harrogate
Northallerton	DL6–DL7	Asbestos Surveys Northallerton
Richmond	DL10	Asbestos Surveys Richmond
Ripon	HG4	Asbestos Surveys Ripon
Scarborough	YO11–YO13	Asbestos Surveys Scarborough
Selby	YO8	Asbestos Surveys Selby
Settle	BD24	Asbestos Surveys Settle
Skipton	BD23	Asbestos Surveys Skipton
York	YO1–YO32	Asbestos Surveys York

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire’s industrial heritage — steel, coal and manufacturing — has left a large stock of older commercial and industrial buildings across Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster where asbestos was extensively used. We carry out all survey types across the South Yorkshire area.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Barnsley	S70–S75	Asbestos Surveys Barnsley
Doncaster	DN1–DN12	Asbestos Surveys Doncaster
Mexborough	S64	Asbestos Surveys Mexborough
Rotherham	S60–S66	Asbestos Surveys Rotherham
Sheffield	S1–S14, S17–S20	Asbestos Surveys Sheffield

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester’s cotton and manufacturing heritage means the region has a high concentration of older mills, warehouses and terraced housing where asbestos-containing materials are frequently found. We cover the full Greater Manchester conurbation.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Bolton	BL1–BL7	Asbestos Surveys Bolton
Bury	BL8–BL9	Asbestos Surveys Bury
Manchester	M1–M90	Asbestos Surveys Manchester
Middleton	M24	Asbestos Surveys Middleton
Oldham	OL1–OL9	Asbestos Surveys Oldham
Rochdale	OL11–OL16	Asbestos Surveys Rochdale
Salford	M3, M5–M7, M27–M28	Asbestos Surveys Salford
Stockport	SK1–SK6	Asbestos Surveys Stockport
Tameside	OL5–OL7, SK14–SK16	Asbestos Surveys Tameside
Trafford	M16–M17, M32–M33, WA14–WA15	Asbestos Surveys Trafford
Wigan	WN1–WN6	Asbestos Surveys Wigan

Lancashire

Lancashire’s textile and manufacturing history has produced a rich and varied building stock. From Blackpool’s seaside boarding houses to the mill towns of Burnley, Colne and Nelson, older properties across the county frequently contain asbestos-containing materials. We cover the full Lancashire area.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Accrington	BB5	Asbestos Surveys Accrington
Blackpool	FY1–FY4	Asbestos Surveys Blackpool
Burnley	BB10–BB12	Asbestos Surveys Burnley
Chorley	PR6–PR7	Asbestos Surveys Chorley
Clitheroe	BB7	Asbestos Surveys Clitheroe
Colne	BB8	Asbestos Surveys Colne
Darwen	BB3	Asbestos Surveys Darwen
Fleetwood	FY7	Asbestos Surveys Fleetwood
Lancaster	LA1–LA2	Asbestos Surveys Lancaster
Leyland	PR25–PR26	Asbestos Surveys Leyland
Lytham St Annes	FY8	Asbestos Surveys Lytham St Annes
Morecambe	LA3–LA4	Asbestos Surveys Morecambe
Nelson	BB9	Asbestos Surveys Nelson
Ormskirk	L39–L40	Asbestos Surveys Ormskirk
Preston	PR1–PR5	Asbestos Surveys Preston
Skelmersdale	WN8	Asbestos Surveys Skelmersdale

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire’s agricultural and industrial heritage includes many older farm buildings, processing facilities and market town properties where asbestos was used extensively. We cover the full Lincolnshire area including the Grimsby and Scunthorpe industrial zones.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Boston	PE21–PE22	Asbestos Surveys Boston
Gainsborough	DN21	Asbestos Surveys Gainsborough
Grimsby	DN31–DN37	Asbestos Surveys Grimsby
Lincoln	LN1–LN6	Asbestos Surveys Lincoln
Scunthorpe	DN15–DN17	Asbestos Surveys Scunthorpe
Sleaford	NG34	Asbestos Surveys Sleaford
Woodhall Spa	LN10	Asbestos Surveys Woodhall Spa

Merseyside

Liverpool and the wider Merseyside area contain large numbers of Victorian and post-war properties — from the grand commercial buildings of the city centre to the terraced housing of the inner suburbs — where asbestos-containing materials are frequently encountered.

Town / Area	Postcode	Survey Page
Liverpool	L1–L36	Asbestos Surveys Liverpool

Don’t see your town listed? We cover a wide area across the North of England — call us and we will confirm coverage for your location.

Why Older Northern Properties Carry a Higher Asbestos Risk

The North of England was the engine room of the Industrial Revolution. Cities and towns across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and beyond expanded rapidly during the 19th and early 20th centuries, creating an enormous stock of Victorian and Edwardian buildings that were then further added to during the post-war rebuilding programmes of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s — the decades when asbestos use in UK construction was at its height.

Mills, warehouses, schools, hospitals, council housing, factories and commercial premises across the North were all routinely built or refurbished using asbestos-containing materials. Common locations where ACMs are still found include:

• Roof sheets and guttering on mill and industrial buildings (asbestos cement)
• Pipe and boiler lagging in older commercial and residential properties
• Floor tiles in pre-1980 offices, schools and public buildings
• Ceiling tiles and partition boards in buildings from the 1960s and 1970s
• Artex and textured coatings on ceilings and walls in domestic properties
• Soffit boards, window surrounds and external cladding panels
• Rope seals and gaskets in older heating systems

If you own, manage or are planning work on any property in the North of England that was built before the year 2000, you need to take asbestos seriously. The legal responsibility under CAR 2012 is clear — and the health consequences of getting it wrong are severe.

Our Asbestos Survey Services

Not sure which type of survey you need? The table below explains each service and links through to the full information page.

Service	When You Need It	More Information
Asbestos Management Survey	Occupied buildings — to meet your legal duty to manage asbestos under CAR 2012	Management Survey Information
Asbestos Refurbishment & Demolition Survey	Before any refurbishment, extension or demolition of a pre-2000 building	Refurbishment Survey Information
Asbestos Sampling & Testing	When you want to confirm whether a specific material contains asbestos	Sampling & Testing Information

Asbestos Surveys Across the North of England — Frequently Asked Questions

What areas of the North of England do you cover?

We cover West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Merseyside. Our base in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, allows us to reach most parts of the North efficiently. If your location is not listed above, call us and we will confirm whether we can assist.

Do I need an asbestos survey before refurbishing a property in the North of England?

Yes. Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012), a refurbishment and demolition survey is required before any work that disturbs the fabric of a building constructed before the year 2000. This applies equally to domestic, commercial and industrial properties wherever they are located. Starting work without a survey is not only illegal but puts workers and building occupants at serious risk.

What qualifications do your surveyors hold?

Our surveyors hold BOHS P402 (Buildings Surveys and Assessment of Asbestos-Containing Materials) and BOHS P405 (Management of Asbestos in Buildings) — the British Occupational Hygiene Society qualifications required for asbestos surveyors and asbestos management professionals. Our principal surveyor has been working in the asbestos industry since the early 1990s.

How quickly can you arrange a survey?

We are based in West Yorkshire and can usually arrange surveys across most of the North of England within a few days of enquiry. For urgent situations — for example where a contractor is waiting to begin work — call us directly and we will do our best to accommodate your timescale.

Do you survey residential properties as well as commercial ones?

Yes. We survey all property types including houses, flats, bungalows, commercial offices, retail units, industrial buildings, schools, churches, community buildings and agricultural properties. No job is too small.

What happens after the survey?

You receive a full written report identifying the location, type, condition and risk rating of any asbestos-containing materials found. For management surveys this forms the basis of your asbestos register and management plan. For refurbishment surveys the report gives contractors the information they need to work safely. We will talk you through the findings and advise on next steps — whether that means leaving materials in place and managing them, or arranging for remediation or removal.

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