Licensed asbestos removal
A full three-year HSE licence, our own trained supervisors and operatives, and independent clearance on every licensed job.
We hold a full three-year asbestos licence from the Health and Safety Executive (licence 202405966, valid to 27 August 2027), issued without additional conditions. Our licensed, notifiable non-licensed and non-licensed work is carried out by our own supervisors and operatives, not by a subcontracted gang.
Most of our removals are in buildings that stay in use: tenanted homes, libraries, surgeries, schools and civic buildings. We plan the work around the people in them.
What we do
- Licensed work: asbestos insulating board, pipe and boiler lagging, sprayed coatings and loose debris
- Notifiable non-licensed and non-licensed work: textured coatings, floor tiles, cement, gaskets and mastics
- Enclosures under negative pressure with airlocks, baglocks and decontamination units
- Plans of work, risk assessments and 14-day ASB5 notifications to the HSE, prepared by us
- Strip-outs ahead of refurbishment and demolition
- Encapsulation and management where removal is not the right answer
From survey to certificate
Plan
Survey information reviewed, plan of work written, HSE notified 14 days ahead for licensed work.
Set up
Enclosure, negative pressure, decontamination unit and a safe route for residents and the public.
Remove
Controlled removal by our own supervisors and operatives, with air monitoring throughout.
Clear
Four-stage clearance by an independent UKAS-accredited analyst before the area is handed back.
Emergency asbestos response
If you suspect asbestos has been disturbed, stop work, keep people away from the area and phone the nearest office. We will mobilise a supervisor and team as fast as the job needs, make the area safe and arrange independent air monitoring.
Leeds 0113 279 8799 · Birmingham 0121 285 3686 · Ireland 043 339 3807
Waste handled properly
Asbestos waste is double-bagged, consigned as hazardous waste and taken to licensed facilities. We are registered with the Environment Agency as an upper-tier waste carrier and dealer (CBDU303950), and every consignment note goes into your handover pack.
Recent projects
Described by building type and region to protect our clients.
Tenanted housing estate
Eleven licensed removals in eleven working days in the first month, and every home cleared by an independent UKAS-accredited analyst.
View project →Library boiler room, library open above
Passed four-stage clearance by the independent analyst first time.
View project →Medical centre that stayed open
All four clearance stages passed, no dust found on dismantling, and the plant room went straight back into use.
View project →Grade I listed civic building
Signed off free of dust and debris and handed back for normal use the same day.
View project →Sheltered housing across the North
A four-year working relationship with every order logged to completion, and passive fire works added from 2022.
View project →Questions we get asked
Are you licensed by the HSE?
Yes. LE Group holds a full three-year HSE asbestos licence, number 202405966, valid to 27 August 2027, issued without additional conditions. We have held consecutive three-year licences since 2021.
Do you subcontract the removal?
No. Removal is carried out by our own supervisors and operatives. Air monitoring and clearance are always done by an independent UKAS-accredited analyst, as the law intends.
How much notice do you need?
Licensed work has to be notified to the HSE at least 14 days before it starts. A waiver can be requested in a genuine emergency. Non-licensed work can usually start sooner.
Can residents stay in their homes?
Often, yes. It depends on where the asbestos is and how the enclosure can be built. We plan each job with the landlord, and we arrange for residents to be out where safety requires it.
Other services
Fire stopping and compartmentation
Penetration seals, linear joints, cavity barriers and air transfer grilles under BM TRADA Q-Mark, recorded seal by seal.
Fire doors
FD30S and FD60S doorsets installed, inspected, repaired and maintained under Q-Mark STD 052 and STD 058.
Compartmentation and fire door surveys
A numbered, photographed breach register and a costed remedial schedule, before you commit to a programme.
Asbestos surveys and management
Management, refurbishment and demolition surveys by BOHS P402 surveyors, with registers and re-inspections.
Environmental and remediation
Asbestos in soils and made ground, environmental cleans, contaminated land and the minor civil works around them.
Planning a programme?
Send us the address and what you already know. Our bid and contracts team replies within one working day.