Contaminated land search fee (24 figures)

The Council Contaminated Land Search Fees carries 27 published figures read from 16 sources' own pages, from 28 to 415 GBP, read 27 October 2026.

28 to 415 GBP Range of the published figures 27 published figures, not one market: read the rows
24 Published figures from 16 source pages, read 28 Oct 2026
16 of 28 Sources read that publish one 57% publish a figure at all
  1. Islington Council - pay for contaminated land search415 GBP + VAT
  2. Tower Hamlets - contaminated land408 GBP
  3. Tower Hamlets - contaminated land342 GBP
  4. Hammersmith & Fulham - contaminated land270 GBP + VAT
  5. Slough Borough Council - contaminated land260 GBP
  6. North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches228 GBP
  7. Newham Council - land pollution225 GBP
  8. Liverpool City Council - environmental searches210 GBP
  9. Camden Council - contaminated land192.43 GBP
  10. Camden Council - contaminated land192.43 GBP
  11. Bristol City Council - contaminated land173.18 GBP
  12. Camden Council - contaminated land146.58 GBP
Every published figure, highest first; the top 12 of 27.
Table view
RowValue
Islington Council - pay for contaminated land search415 GBP + VAT
Tower Hamlets - contaminated land408 GBP
Tower Hamlets - contaminated land342 GBP
Hammersmith & Fulham - contaminated land270 GBP + VAT
Slough Borough Council - contaminated land260 GBP
North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches228 GBP
Newham Council - land pollution225 GBP
Liverpool City Council - environmental searches210 GBP
Camden Council - contaminated land192.43 GBP
Camden Council - contaminated land192.43 GBP
Bristol City Council - contaminated land173.18 GBP
Camden Council - contaminated land146.58 GBP
  1. 928 to 93
  2. 793 to 157
  3. 4157 to 222
  4. 4222 to 286
  5. 1286 to 351
  6. 2351 to 415
Where the 27 published figures fall, GBP, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
28 to 939 figures
93 to 1577 figures
157 to 2224 figures
222 to 2864 figures
286 to 3511 figure
351 to 4152 figures

16 of the 28 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 27 October 2026.

By search type

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
search typeresidential131GBP50 to 342GBP9
search typefull-report200.59GBP173.18 to 228GBP2
search typehourly48GBP28 to 109.5GBP4
search typecommercial210GBP142.58 to 408GBP5
search typeadvice82.75GBP72.5 to 93GBP2
search typeenvironmental-information-request36.25GBP36.25 to 36.25GBP1
search typemajor415GBP415 to 415GBP1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
Islington Council - pay for contaminated land search415GBP + VATmajor2026-10-27
Tower Hamlets - contaminated land408GBPcommercial2026-10-27
Tower Hamlets - contaminated land342GBPresidential2026-10-27
Hammersmith & Fulham - contaminated land270GBP + VATcommercial2026-10-27
Slough Borough Council - contaminated land260GBPresidential2026-10-27
North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches228GBPfull-report2026-10-27
Newham Council - land pollution225GBPresidential2026-10-27
Liverpool City Council - environmental searches210GBPcommercial2026-10-27
Camden Council - contaminated land192.43GBPcommercial2026-10-27
Camden Council - contaminated land192.43GBPcommercial2026-10-27
Bristol City Council - contaminated land173.18GBPfull-report2026-10-27
Camden Council - contaminated land146.58GBPresidential2026-10-27
Camden Council - contaminated land146.58GBPresidential2026-10-27
Canterbury City Council - contaminated land search142.58GBPcommercial2026-10-27
North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches131GBPresidential2026-10-27
Guildford Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry109.5GBPhourly2026-10-27
Canterbury City Council - contaminated land search103.69GBPresidential2026-10-27
Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land93GBPadvice2026-10-27
Newham Council - land pollution85GBPresidential2026-10-27
Bristol City Council - contaminated land81.04GBPresidential2026-10-27
Dudley Council - planning services and land contamination72.5GBPadvice2026-10-27
Kirklees Council - contaminated land68GBPhourly2026-10-27
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry62.4GBP inc VATresidential2026-10-27
Liverpool City Council - environmental searches50GBPresidential2026-10-27
Dudley Council - planning services and land contamination36.25GBPenvironmental-information-request2026-10-27
Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land28GBPhourly2026-10-27
Swale Borough Council - contaminated land search28GBPhourly2026-10-27
The sentence each figure was read from (27)

Read in full, publishes no figure

12 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

16 of the 28 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 24 figures, never sentences; 53 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per council: the residential search fee, the commercial fee, any hourly rate and VAT treatment, normalised to a residential single-property charge; the national median and range across councils that publish

53 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

Sources (28)
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The Council Contaminated Land Search Fees carries 27 published figures read from 16 sources' own pages, from 28 to 415 GBP, read 27 October 2026.

16 of the 28 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type residential: median 131 GBP across 9 sources, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type full-report: median 200.59 GBP across 2 sources, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type hourly: median 48 GBP across 4 sources, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type commercial: median 210 GBP across 5 sources, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type advice: median 82.75 GBP across 2 sources, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type environmental-information-request: median 36.25 GBP across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.

Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, search type major: median 415 GBP across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.

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28 to 415 GBP

24 published figures, Council Contaminated Land Search Fees, across 16 sources, read 27 October 2026

Source: contaminatedlandsurveycost.co.uk Council Contaminated Land Search Fees

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