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Asbestos Removal in Nottingham

Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

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Asbestos disposal in Nottingham: what the council says

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Only a little, already taken down? What Nottinghamshire says

Nottinghamshire

In Nottinghamshire, asbestos is not accepted at recycling centres.

The full rule
  • Nottinghamshire County Council runs a paid, appointment-only service at a dedicated site for Nottinghamshire residents with cement-bonded asbestos they have dismantled and removed themselves from their own home, garage or shed: one load, brought in a car, car with trailer, minibus, motorhome or hire van up to 3.5t, sheets no larger than 180cm by 90cm and unbroken, double wrapped in asbestos disposal bags or thick plastic and sealed, for a fee of £140.
  • Bring ID to show on entry (for example a driving licence, utility bill or bank statement) or access will be denied.
  • It can be used once only per property, and landlords, traders and asbestos a trader took down are excluded.
  • Nottingham City runs a separate booked service for city residents on Saturday mornings (about one car-boot load, in a car or small van up to 2.5t, double-wrapped in 1000-gauge polythene and taped, once only per property), booked on 0115 915 5555.
  • The city service is only for asbestos you dismantled and removed yourself from your own Nottingham home, garage or shed; businesses, traders and landlords, asbestos a trader took down, and asbestos from other outbuildings, farm buildings or conversion works are excluded, and you will not be allowed entry unless you come at your allocated time.
Cost: charged Council's own pageChecked Oct 2026

Council schemes are for small amounts that have already been taken down and wrapped. For anything more, or anything still in place, we arrange the whole job in Nottingham: removal, collection and disposal. Get a free quote

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Your Local Asbestos Specialists in Nottingham

Much of Nottingham's housing and business property was built before asbestos was banned in the UK. The city, in Nottinghamshire, has Victorian terraces tied to its lace and textile past, inter-war semis, post-war council housing and older industrial units. Any of these built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. It's often perfectly safe left in place, and only becomes a risk when it's disturbed.

We arrange asbestos removal, surveys and testing across Nottingham, through the specialist contractors we work with. That includes Beeston, West Bridgford, Arnold, Carlton and nearby Derby and Mansfield. Updating a period terrace, meeting a landlord's duties or fitting out a shop or workshop? Start carefully. Asbestos looks like lots of ordinary materials, so anything suspect should be surveyed or lab-tested before it's disturbed.

We cover the NG postcode area across Nottingham and the surrounding towns.

Nottingham's buildings and asbestos

79.1% of properties in Nottingham were built before 2000

That's 117,370 of 148,400. Asbestos wasn't fully banned until 1999. Only a survey or a test can tell you about one property: do you need an asbestos survey on a house?

More about the buildings around Nottingham

In terraced housing the materials that turn up most often are textured coatings on ceilings and walls, insulating board around fireplaces, airing cupboards and behind boilers, and asbestos cement in outbuildings, garage roofs, gutters and downpipes. That matters in Nottingham because terraced houses are the largest group there, 32.9% of 148,400 properties, and around 79.1% of the stock predates the 1999 asbestos ban. The next largest group is flats and maisonettes at 30.9%, which puts part of the risk in communal risers and ceiling voids rather than inside any one home. The largest group was built between 1900 and 1939. Property from this period was built before asbestos use peaked, so where asbestos is present it usually arrived with later work: post-war repairs, added textured coatings, new outbuilding roofs and heating upgrades. That later work is common enough in housing of this age that it still needs checking before anything is disturbed. By period, 11.5% were built before 1900, 19% between 1919 and 1939 and 19.9% since 2000. None of that tells you whether a particular property contains asbestos; only a survey or a laboratory test can.

How it works in Nottingham

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Which asbestos service do you need in Nottingham?

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Asbestos Guides for Nottingham

The largest group of homes in Nottingham is terraced housing, and the largest group by age was built between 1900 and 1939. Terraced housing tends to throw up the same short list of materials, mostly in the ceilings and in whatever was added at the back later.

Asbestos in Nottingham: Common Questions

Do you provide asbestos services in Nottingham?
Yes. We arrange asbestos removal, surveys, testing, disposal, encapsulation and management across Nottingham and the wider Nottinghamshire area, for homeowners, landlords and businesses. The work is done by the specialist contractors we work with. Every job starts with a free quote, with no obligation. Any suspect material is checked by a professional survey or a test at an accredited lab.
Is asbestos likely in a Nottingham property?
Around 79.1% of properties in Nottingham (117,370 of 148,400) were built before 2000. Asbestos wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999. So most local buildings date from a time when it was still in use. The largest group of local homes was built between 1900 and 1939. That doesn't mean any one property contains asbestos. Only a survey or a lab test can tell you that. Figures: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.0 (31 March 2026).
Does my property contain asbestos?
If your property was built or refurbished before 2000, it may well contain asbestos. It wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999. It often turns up in roof sheets, textured coatings like Artex, floor tiles, pipe lagging and insulation board. The only reliable way to know for sure is a professional survey.

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