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.
- 928 to 93
- 793 to 157
- 4157 to 222
- 4222 to 286
- 1286 to 351
- 2351 to 415
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 28 to 93 | 9 figures |
| 93 to 157 | 7 figures |
| 157 to 222 | 4 figures |
| 222 to 286 | 4 figures |
| 286 to 351 | 1 figure |
| 351 to 415 | 2 figures |
16 of the 28 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 27 October 2026.
By search type
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| search typeresidential | 131GBP | 50 to 342GBP | 9 |
| search typefull-report | 200.59GBP | 173.18 to 228GBP | 2 |
| search typehourly | 48GBP | 28 to 109.5GBP | 4 |
| search typecommercial | 210GBP | 142.58 to 408GBP | 5 |
| search typeadvice | 82.75GBP | 72.5 to 93GBP | 2 |
| search typeenvironmental-information-request | 36.25GBP | 36.25 to 36.25GBP | 1 |
| search typemajor | 415GBP | 415 to 415GBP | 1 |
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.
The sentence each figure was read from (27)
- Islington Council - pay for contaminated land search, read 2026-10-27:
complaints about environmental issues Major contaminated land searches are £415+VAT (£498).
- Tower Hamlets - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
a proposed site for development/commercial), including a 'buffer zone' of 250 metres around the site, the fee is £408 (VAT inclusive)
- Tower Hamlets - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
residential property), the fee is £342 (VAT inclusive)
- Hammersmith & Fulham - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
Commercial property - £270 plus VAT
- Slough Borough Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
The standard charge for an Environmental Search Report is £260.
- North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches, read 2026-10-27:
A full environmental search costs £228.
- Newham Council - land pollution, read 2026-10-27:
Any site, residential or commercial, including a 250-metre buffer from the centre point of the site £225
- Liverpool City Council - environmental searches, read 2026-10-27:
Summary report - £210 (up to 20 working days following confirmation of acceptance)
- Camden Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
Our charges are: Environmental Contaminated Land Search (commercial) £192.43 (Inclusive of VAT)
- Camden Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
Environmental Contaminated Land Search (commercial) £192.43 (Inclusive of VAT)
- Bristol City Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
An environmental report costs £173.18 and usually takes 20 working days to prepare.
- Camden Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
Our charges are: Environmental Contaminated Land Search (commercial) £192.43 (Inclusive of VAT) Environmental Contaminated Land Search (residential) £146.58 (Inclusive of VAT) If you would like us to search our records for a particular property you can place your request and pay online using our online form to search for contaminated land.
- Camden Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
Environmental Contaminated Land Search (residential) £146.58 (Inclusive of VAT)
- Canterbury City Council - contaminated land search, read 2026-10-27:
Business or commercial property (up to 250m around the property) £142.58
- North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches, read 2026-10-27:
Simple contaminated land searches cost £131
- Guildford Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry, read 2026-10-27:
The fee for the first hour of a contaminated land enquiry is £109.50.
- Canterbury City Council - contaminated land search, read 2026-10-27:
Type of search Fee House or residential property £103.69
- Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
The charge for this service is £93 per hour (inclusive of VAT) with a minimum charge of 1 hour payable in advance.
- Newham Council - land pollution, read 2026-10-27:
Letter specifying status with regard to Part IIa EPA 1990 and risk assessment £85
- Bristol City Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
A letter costs £81.04 and usually takes 20 working days to prepare.
- Dudley Council - planning services and land contamination, read 2026-10-27:
Pre- discharge of condition advice (land contamination/ ground gases & vapours) - £72.50
- Kirklees Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
£68 per hour
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry, read 2026-10-27:
How much does the council charge for a contaminated land enquiry? £62.40 including VAT, for a single property.
- Liverpool City Council - environmental searches, read 2026-10-27:
Summary report - £50 (up to 20 working days following confirmation of acceptance)
- Dudley Council - planning services and land contamination, read 2026-10-27:
Definition of Waste: Code of Practice Materials management Plan (DoW:CoP MMP) Confirmation - £36.25 Enhanced Environmental Information Regulation (EEIR) requests - £36.25
- Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27:
The service costs £28 an hour.
- Swale Borough Council - contaminated land search, read 2026-10-27:
You’ll need to pay £28 per hour for a contaminated land search.
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.
- Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land search, read 2026-10-27: every candidate on the page was refused
- Pembrokeshire County Council - fees and charges, contaminated land, read 2026-10-27: every candidate on the page was refused
- Pembrokeshire County Council - finding out if land is contaminated, read 2026-10-27: every candidate on the page was refused
- Leeds City Council - land contamination, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Warrington Borough Council - contaminated land, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- West Northamptonshire Council - land affected by contamination, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- North Somerset Council - discharge of contaminated land condition, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Brighton & Hove - contaminated land requirements, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Portsmouth City Council - contaminated land and planning, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Mid Devon - land contamination assessment validation, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dover District Council - developers guide, read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Fareham Borough Council - contaminated land FAQs, read 2026-10-27: every candidate on the page was refused
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)
- Bristol City Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Guildford Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hammersmith & Fulham - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Liverpool City Council - environmental searches(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land search(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Maidstone Borough Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- North Yorkshire Council - environmental searches(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Camden Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Canterbury City Council - contaminated land search(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dudley Council - planning services and land contamination(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kirklees Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Newham Council - land pollution(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council - contaminated land enquiry(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pembrokeshire County Council - fees and charges, contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pembrokeshire County Council - finding out if land is contaminated(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Slough Borough Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Swale Borough Council - contaminated land search(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Tower Hamlets - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Islington Council - pay for contaminated land search(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leeds City Council - land contamination(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Warrington Borough Council - contaminated land(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- West Northamptonshire Council - land affected by contamination(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- North Somerset Council - discharge of contaminated land condition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Brighton & Hove - contaminated land requirements(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Portsmouth City Council - contaminated land and planning(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mid Devon - land contamination assessment validation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dover District Council - developers guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fareham Borough Council - contaminated land FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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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.
Cite as: "contaminatedlandsurveycost.co.uk Council Contaminated Land Search Fees", updated 2026-10-28, https://contaminatedlandsurveycost.co.uk/datasets/council-contaminated-land-search-fees/.
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